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Midsummer's mayhem / by Rajani LaRocca ; [illustrations by Rachel Suggs].

LaRocca, Rajani, (author.). Suggs, Rachel, (illustrator.).

Summary:
Can Mimi undo the mayhem caused by her baking in this contemporary-fantasy retelling of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream? Eleven-year-old Mimi Mackson comes from a big Indian American family: Dad's a renowned food writer, Mom's a successful businesswoman, and her three older siblings all have their own respective accomplishments. It's easy to feel invisible in such an impressive family, but Mimi's dream of proving she's not the least-talented member of her family seems possible when she discovers a contest at the new bakery in town. Plus, it'll start her on the path to becoming a celebrity chef like her culinary idol, Puffy Fay. But when Mimi's dad returns from a business trip, he's mysteriously lost his highly honed sense of taste. Without his help, Mimi will never be able to bake something impressive enough to propel her to gastronomic fame. Drawn into the woods behind her house by a strangely familiar song, Mimi meets Vik, a boy who brings her to parts of the forest she's never seen. Who knew there were banyan trees and wild boars in Massachusetts? Together they discover exotic ingredients and bake them into delectable and enchanting treats. But as her dad acts stranger every day, and her siblings' romantic entanglements cause trouble in their town, Mimi begins to wonder whether the ingredients she and Vik found are somehow the cause of it all. She needs to use her skills, deductive and epicurean, to uncover what's happened. In the process, she learns that in life, as in baking, not everything is sweet....

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781499808889
  • ISBN: 1499808887
  • Physical Description: 332 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Yellow Jacket, [2019]
Subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Massachusetts > Juvenile fiction.
East Indian Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Baking > Juvenile fiction.
Magic > Juvenile fiction.
Characters and characteristics in literature > Juvenile fiction.

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Abington Community Library JUV LAROCCA (Text) 50687011645523 Juv Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library JF LAR (Text) 33240004502244 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) J LAR (Text) 92525095 GFWM Robinson Room Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Juv Fiction LaRocca (Text) 39427103458196 Juvenile Fiction Room: Juvenile Fiction Available -
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Muhlenberg Community Library J LAR (Text) 33249023036035 Children's Fiction Available -
New Oxford Library J LAR (Text) 35740635604358 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Southern Lehigh Public Library MG FIC LaRO (Text) 30044100817248 Middle Grade Fiction Available -
Trone Memorial Library (East Berlin) J LAR (Text) 35740635495146 Juvenile Fiction Available -
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