Pie

By Sarah Weeks

Pie, a novel written for kids, is the story of 12-year-old Alice Anderson and takes place in early 1950s Pennsylvania. Alice is devastated when her beloved Aunt Polly, the Pie Queen of Ipswitch, passes away unexpectedly. The whole town goes into a funk at the thought of never having another of Polly's fabulous pies. Plus, it turns out that Polly left her world-famous pie crust recipe to her grouchy cat, Lardo. Then, someone goes to great lengths to try to find and profit from Polly's secret recipe. Alice, together with her friend Charlie, solve this mystery and in the process they and the whole town come to realize that friendship is truly the recipe for happiness. This is a sweet little story and has Polly's delicious pie recipes at the beginning of each chaper.

~ Linda