None of these are appealing to gladys at all.

Oh, and she is also encouraged to play outside, make friends, be less solitary. she is doomed to night after night of takeout, and the occasional home-cooked meal by parents who are slaves to their microwave, and assert that meatloaf doesn't have 'a set amount of time' to cook, and 'We'll just nuke it until it looks done!' no more going to the one exotic-ingredients grocery store in her little corner of long island. and they probably wouldn't ever have found out, except for an unfortunate meeting between a crème brûlée and the wrong kind of blowtorch, which resulted in NO MORE KITCHEN CURTAINS! It's about gladys gatsby, an eleven-year-old foodie who is burdened with fast food-loving, terrible-cooking parents who do not know about her secret life as a mini-chef that she has been creating gourmet meals for herself since she was seven years old. and considering how much i loved Rooftoppers last year, i figured it was time to see what else was out there in the world of MG.Īnd this book is such a delicious treat, to which i gladly give all four stars. when a goodreads celebrity asks for your participation in something, you do not refuse. but wendy darling asked if i would join in on the blog tour for this book, and after i learned what a 'blog' was, i got my old bones right on board. i feel creaky enough when i am reading YA, squinting through my bifocals at all the energetic protagonists.

All Four Stars by Tara Dairman