about the book
Eleanor has done a mean thing. A mean thing that may have ended her friendship with her best friend Pearl. They used to spend Mondays and Wednesdays after school together. It was the best.
But recently, Pearl’s Mondays and Wednesdays are spent with new-girl Ainsley who needs help getting caught up with school work. Pearl and Ainsley look like they are getting along really well, like Eleanor and Pearl used to. Eleanor admits she was jealous and felt left out.
So, she did this exceedingly mean thing to them.
Now she feels as bad as carrot juice would taste on a cupcake. Will she and Pearl (and Ainsley) ever be friends again?
about the author
Julie Sternberg’s Jewish family left Germany and immigrated to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at the beginning of the Holocaust. Her family owned a number of department stores, and she grew up under the loving and watchful eye of her nanny, Martha.
Julie was one of those kids who read at slumber parties, at recess, in the tub. The books she read influenced her life. After reading The Secret Garden, she decided to spend more time outside. (That didn’t last too long—Louisiana is terribly hot and full of mosquitoes.) After reading To Kill a Mockingbird, she decided to become a lawyer.
For several years, Julie was an attorney working with the ACLU. She liked the work, but once she discovered that she could actually write, she realized that she loved it even more than being an attorney. Julie quit her job and returned to school, earning a MFA in writing for children from the New School.
She was inspired to write Like a Pickle Juice on a Cookie when the care-giver her two daughters had since they were babies, had to leave. Julie thought they wouldn’t get over the loss but was amazed when they did. This story, which started out only eight pages long, eventually grew to 80.
Julie really doesn’t like pickles, and, just so you know, she never, ever, dunks her cookies in the briny green juice.
Sources:
Author website
Author interview: Regarding Nannies
Author interview: This Kid Reviews Books
Also by Julie Sternberg:
Everything’s Changed (Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine, Book 3). Boyds Mills Press. April 2017.
Secrets Out! (Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine, Book 2). Boyds Mills Press. 2015.
It’s Me, Celie. Boyds Mills Press. 2014.
Friendship Over (Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine, Book 1). Boyds Mills Press. 2014.
Like Bug Juice on a Burger (Like, Book 2) by Amulet Books. 2013.
Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie (Like, Book 1) by Amulet Books. 2011.
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