*"Weeks deftly leavens moments of hilarity with the process of grieving in this sweet coming-of-age story in which Alice learns from Aunt Polly to follow her heart and to open it as well. With Pie, acclaimed author Sarah Weeks has baked up a sweet and satisfying delight, as inviting as warm pie on a cold day. And the pleasure of doing something for the right reason. It's up to Alice and her friend Charlie to put the pieces together and discover the not-so-secret recipe for happiness: Friendship. Everyone wants to be the next big pie-contest winner, and it's making them pie-crazy. Suddenly, the whole town is wondering how you leave a recipe to a cat. and then leaves Lardo in the care of Alice. Or does she? In her will, Polly leaves the recipe to her extraordinarily fat, remarkably disagreeable cat, Lardo. When Alice's Aunt Polly, the Pie Queen of Ipswitch, passes away, she takes with her the secret to her world-famous pie-crust recipe. Scholastic Inc | ISBN 9780545270120 Paperback 192 Pages | 5.26" x 7.54" | Ages 8 to 12 From the award-winning author of So B.
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