"One Hundred Spaghetti Strings is one hundred percent satisfying. A perfectly blended concoction." --Julie Sternberg, acclaimed author of Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie
This brave and heartwarming middle grade novel will leave your belly rumbling and your heart full. Because when life hands you lemons, it's time to get cooking! Perfect for fans of Sarah Weeks, Leslie Connor, and Lynda Mullaly Hunt.
Since Steffy was little, she and her older sister, Nina, have lived with their beloved Auntie Gina. But when the girls' dad comes home to live with them, everything changes. So Steffy does what she does best: She cooks her way through the hardest year of her life.
Sometimes it feels like everything but the kitchen sink is being thrown at her--too many ingredients that don't quite work. And all Steffy wants is for her family to be whole again. Can her recipes help bring them back together?
One Hundred Spaghetti Strings also includes over twenty recipes--which Steffy cooks throughout the book--so aspiring young chefs can try them out when they're done reading!
For Steffy, cooking isn't just a hobby--it's the one recipe she has for putting her family back together.
- A Heartwarming Story: When eleven-year-old Steffy's dad suddenly returns, her beloved aunt moves out, leaving Steffy to find comfort and strength in the one place she feels in control: the kitchen.
- A Middle Grade Coming of Age: Navigating fifth grade, new bras, and a family that feels like it's falling apart is a lot for one girl to handle.
- A Heartfelt Sister Story: Steffy and her older sister, Nina, have always been a team. But with everything changing, their bond will be tested like never before.
- Over 20 Kid-Friendly Recipes: Young chefs can create Steffy's favorite dishes right alongside her, from comforting banana bread to one hundred strings of spaghetti.
Review :
"Poignant and full of life and heartache ... and wishing and dreaming ... and pain and exuberance. Steffy's voice is honest and clear, young and yet deeply tuned in; she is a real girl, right here and now, a girl readers will want to befriend." - Amy Hest, New York Times bestselling author of Kiss Good Night
"To read One Hundred Spaghetti Strings is to laugh, sometimes cry, and always root for this middle school cook as she rewrites the recipe for family. It's a fun, funny, smart, sometimes sad, so-true, can't-put-it-down story about the power of love, forgiveness and hope in cooking...and in life." - Cathleen Davitt Bell, acclaimed author of LITTLE BLOG ON THE PRAIRIE
"Steffy made me want to cook a big bowl of pasta and sit down for dinner with my loved ones." - Suzanne LaFleur, author of Love, Aubrey and Eight Keys
"One Hundred Spaghetti Strings is one hundred percent satisfying. I've just turned the last page, and I want to start right over. I love how Steffy tells the tale of her imperfect family members and all her efforts to turn them into a perfectly blended concoction. Her relatives might be unmanageable, but they're the ideal ingredients for a good story." - Julie Sternberg, author of the bestselling novel Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie
"Steffy's growing understanding of what makes a family and journey to find her voice through food are powerful, and her story is rich with fodder for discussion." - Publishers Weekly
"Nails serves up a platter of tender, poignant goodies." - Kirkus Reviews
"One Hundred Spaghetti Strings is one hundred percent satisfying. I love how Steffy tells the tale of her imperfect family members and all her efforts to turn them into a perfectly blended concoction. Her relatives might be unmanageable, but they're the ideal ingredients for a good story." - Julie Sternberg, author of the bestselling novel Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie
