A heartfelt contemporary middle grade novel about a girl who must try to save her aunt's failing pie shop, perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish, Fish in a Tree--and The Great British Baking Show.

When Cady Bennett is sent to live with the aunt she didn't even know she had in the quaint mountain town of Julian, she isn't sure what to expect. Cady isn't used to stability, after growing up homeless in San Diego with her dad.

Now she's staying in her mother's old room, exploring the countryside filled with apple orchards and pie shops, making friends, and working in Aunt Shell's own pie shop--and soon, Cady starts to feel like she belongs.

Then she finds out that Aunt Shell's shop is failing. Saving the business and protecting the first place she's ever really felt safe will take everything she's learned and the help of all her new friends. But are there some things even the perfect pie just can't fix?

Summer of a Thousand Pies is a sweet and satisfying treat of a novel full of friendship, family, and, of course, pie.

--Margarita Engle, Young People's Poet Laureate and Newbery Honor-winning author of The Surrender Tree

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Published: 04/16/2019
ISBN: 9780062803467
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.20d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 12/01/2018 pg. 73
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2019
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2019 - Recommended - Readable
Booklist 04/01/2019 pg. 71
Publishers Weekly 05/20/2019

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 504637 / Summer of a Thousand Pies
Reading Level: 4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 10