Perfect for fans of The Great British Baking Show and Clue, this enchanting and rollicking follow-up to The Cookie Crumbles follows two best friends caught up in a twisty mystery when jewels go missing at a high-stakes baking competition. Baker extraordinaire Laila Thomas and budding journalist Lucy Flores are living it up at the top of the junior high food chain […]
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Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection The Great British Bake Off meets Knives Out in this fun and propulsive middle grade novel following two best friends who must solve the mystery behind a baking competition gone awry. Laila gave Lucy a cupcake on the second day of kindergarten, and they’ve been inseparable ever since. But the summer before […]
In this magical adventure that’s perfect for fans of Lisa Yee and Erin Entrada Kelly, star athlete Thea must face her worst fears when two mischievous duwendes, Filipino goblins, threaten to wreak havoc on her life—and destroy her town. Thea gets a chance to begin anew at Pacific Academy. There, she’s a star athlete, someone […]
Virginia 2024-2025 VA READS Selection 2024 Children’s Literature Council of Southern California Award Buy THE TAKEOUT Mysterious Galaxy | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Bookshop.org ⭐Leave a review on GoodReads ⭐ When a celebrity chef’s new restaurant threatens Mila’s family’s food truck, she plans to expose them for the recipe thieves they are—even if that means dabbling in […]
Winner of the 2023 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Sid Fleischman Humor Award Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection A Bank Street College Best Book of the Year 2023 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature Finalist State Lists California: CDE Recommended List 2023, Grades 3-5 Georgia: Club Tome It List, 2023-2024, for Grades […]