The amazing story of how a shy girl named Alice gets through her Aunt Polly´s death. She also goes through the challenges of raising her aunt´s cat and trying to figure out her aunt´s secret pie recipe. This was a beautiful story by Sarah Weeks.
Pie
By Sarah Weeks
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 10 - 8 | Q | 5.6 | 33069 |
From the award-winning author of SO B. IT, a story about family, friendship, and...pie!
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. Or does she? In her will, Polly leaves the recipe to her extraordinarily fat, remarkably disagreeable cat, Lardo . . . and then leaves Lardo in the care of Alice.
Suddenly, the whole town is wondering how you leave a recipe to a cat. Everyone wants to be the next big pie-contest winner, and it's making them pie-crazy. It's up to Alice and her friend Charlie to put the pieces together and discover the not-so-secret recipe for happiness: Friendship. Family. And the pleasure of donig something for the right reason.
With Pie, acclaimed author Sarah Weeks has baked up a sweet and satisfying delight, as inviting as warm pie on a cold day. You'll enjoy every last bite.
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. Or does she? In her will, Polly leaves the recipe to her extraordinarily fat, remarkably disagreeable cat, Lardo . . . and then leaves Lardo in the care of Alice.
Suddenly, the whole town is wondering how you leave a recipe to a cat. Everyone wants to be the next big pie-contest winner, and it's making them pie-crazy. It's up to Alice and her friend Charlie to put the pieces together and discover the not-so-secret recipe for happiness: Friendship. Family. And the pleasure of donig something for the right reason.
With Pie, acclaimed author Sarah Weeks has baked up a sweet and satisfying delight, as inviting as warm pie on a cold day. You'll enjoy every last bite.
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 9780545270120
ISBN-10: 054527012X
Published on 4/30/2013
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
Book Reviews (28)
OMG it PIE. I personally loved this book and it was very fun to read. I recommend it. I thought it was pretty sad, but it was a great mystery/fun novel.
best book in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The best book I've ever read. the best book in the world! I love that it reminds me of traverse city!
this cat whants to eat this pie
Polly is the pie queen of her town. She makes people amazing pies for free. Her niece has a hard life with her parents and always is with Polly. What happens when Polly gets sick? Will the pie shop stay in business? What will happen to the shop in town? Will Polly's niece keep the shop up? What will happen when an unexpected surprise for Polly's niece changes everything.
I loved it even though it's sad
Pie is a great book!! Ive read it like three times and its amazing! This book is a mystery and has a lot of Pie in it!!!
I love this book
Awesome it should have won