Nixie Ness: Cooking Star

Best friends Nixie and Grace spend every afternoon together . . . until Nixie's mom gets a new job and Nixie must attend the after-school program, without Grace.

Third graders Nixie Ness and Grace Kenny have been best friends since they were two-years-old. They have always spent every afternoon after school at Nixie's house until Nixie's mom announces that she has a job, which means she won't be there to watch the girls after school, which means Nixie will have to go to the after-school program and Grace will be spending her afternoons at their classmate, Elyse's, house.

Nixie begrudgingly starts the after-school program, joining the cooking camp. And it turns out that the other children at cooking camp are nice, and the recipes they make are delicious. But Nixie can't really enjoy being an after-school superstar until she finds a way to overcome her jealousy about Grace and Elyse's budding friendship.

Perfect for fans of Judy Moody, Ivy and Bean, and Clementine, this new chapter book series features recurring characters, and each book will highlight one activity they do at their after-school program. The books are illustrated in black and white and include a bonus activity that corresponds to the book's plot. Nixie Ness: Cooking Star features a recipe for morning glory muffins. The next book in the After-School Superstars series, Vera Vance: Comics Star, is scheduled for release in Spring 2020.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Margaret Ferguson Books
Published: 06/11/2019
ISBN: 9780823440931
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2019
Publishers Weekly 04/22/2019
School Library Journal 05/01/2019 pg. 90
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2019 pg. 95
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 502191 / Nixie Ness, Cooking Star
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 3