“Fans of Junie B. Jones and Judy Moody . . . will enjoy this.”–School Library Journal
“Age-appropriate humor via an outspoken, lovable, take-charge narrator. Dreidemy’s wiggly spot illustrations, meanwhile, supply plenty of nervous energy.”–Booklist
Phoebe’s best friend Sage has the same lunch every day: a turkey sandwich, a cheese stick, and a bag of popcorn. Phoebe doesn’t understand why he won’t try new things, and is determined to convince him to. She and Camille come up with the perfect solution: a cooking club to show Sage how many exciting foods there are! But will it be enough to convince Sage? And will it spoil their friendship?
Author
Veera Hiranandani
Veera Hiranandani is the award-winning author of several books for young people. Her most recent middle-grade novel, Amil and The After, is a follow-up to her Newbery Honor winner, The Night Diary. The Night Diary also received the Walter Dean Myers Honor Award, the Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children’s Literature, and several other honors and state reading list awards. Her middle-grade historical novel, How to Find What You’re Not Looking For, received the Sydney Taylor Book Award, the Jane Addams Book Award, and the New York Historical Society Children’s Book Prize among other accolades. She earned her MFA in fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College. A former book editor, she’s now a faculty member with the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at The Vermont College of Fine Arts.
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