The Great Peach Experiment 1: When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781645950349)

Mix together a used food truck, a road trip that doesn't exactly go as planned, and a lot of pie, and you have the recipe for this sweet middle grade series starter brimming with humor, heart, and a family you'll fall in love with. Perfect for readers who gobbled down The Penderwicks and The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street.

Sweet summer has taken a rotten turn . . .

After a tough year, Lucy, Freddy, and Herb Peach are ready for vacation. Lucy wants to read all of the books on the summer reading list. Freddy wants to work on his art projects (when he isn't stuck in summer school). Herb wants to swim every day.

Then their dad makes a big announcement: one of the inventions their mom came up with before she passed away has sold, and now they're millionaires!

But Dad has bigger plans than blowing the cash on fun stuff or investing it. He's bought a used food truck. The Peaches are going to spend the summer traveling the country selling pies. It will be the Great Peach Experiment--a summer of bonding while living out one of Mom's dreams. Summer plans, sunk. And there's one more issue Dad's neglected: none of them knows how to bake. . . .

A perfect blend of humor, heart, and family antics, When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie is a delectable treat to be gobbled down or savored slowly. (Slice of pie on the side, optional, but highly recommended.)

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Named to the Iowa Children's Choice List
Named to the Minnesota Maude Hart Lovelace List

Author: Erin Soderberg Downing
ISBN-10: 1645950344
ISBN-13: 9781645950349
Publisher: Pixel+ink
Language: English
Published: 04/06/2021
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 510601 / When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2021
Foreword 02/26/2021
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2021
Shelf Awareness 04/13/2021
School Library Journal 01/14/2022 pg. 1