about the book
Polly is the Pie Queen of Ipswitch, and yet she never sells any pies! Instead, she barters her world-famous pies for more ingredients, drawing tourist attractions to her small town and helping it become rich.
When Polly dies, the townsfolk are devastated. Alice, Polly’s niece and confidante, is especially rocked by the loss. Everyone begins to worry what will happen to the town’s reputation without Polly’s pies. Frantically pies start being baked, and a search is on for the secret recipe.
Shockingly, Polly’s will leaves the secret to her cat, Lardo, who in turn is left to Alice! How can a cat inherit a secret recipe?
Amid sneaky, greedy adults and her friend Charlie’s honest desire to help, Alice begins searching for any clues that will lead her to Polly’s recipe and save her town. Who knows, could Alice become the next Pie Queen?
about the author
Sarah Weeks had a problem when she was a kid. She loved music as much as she loved books! Raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in a house filled with words, funny stories, and books, she ended up studying music composition at Hampshire College and graduate school at New York University.
Sarah was a singer/songwriter. She moved to New York City, got married, and raised her two boys doing all the usual kid things, but in New York style (Little League in Central Park and pizza only by the slice). While taking the kids to games and birthday parties, Sarah started to write again.
The boys, Gabe and Nat, are now grown, and Sarah doesn’t have time for songwriting anymore—she has written more than fifty books!
Sarah splits her time between homes in Nyack and Callicoon County, New York. She teaches writing classes at the New School University, bakes, and talks on the phone to her 91-year- old mother. Although her marriage ended in a divorce, she is now engaged to a “lovely” man and will soon have a new stepdaughter to share book ideas with!
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Also by Sarah Weeks:
As Simple As It Seems. Harper Collins. 2010.
Oggie Cooder, Party Animal!. Scholastic. 2009.
Jumping the Scratch. Laura Geringer Books. 2006.
Get Well Soon, Or Else (Boyds Will Be Boyds, Book 2). Scholastic. 2006.
So B. It. Laura Geringer Books. 2004.
Beware of Mad Dog! (Boyds Will Be Boyds, Book 1). Scholastic. 2004.
Guy Wire. Laura Geringer Books. 2002.
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