Release: April 6th 2021
Format: Ebook
Publisher: Pixel+Ink
Source: Amazon
Find it at: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, Kobo
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Mix together a used food truck, a road trip that doesn’t exactly go as planned, and a lot of pie, and you have the recipe for this sweet middle grade series starter brimming with humor, heart, and a family you’ll fall in love with. Perfect for readers who gobbled down The Penderwicks and The Vanderbeeks of 141st Street.
Sweet summer has taken a rotten turn . . .
After a tough year, Lucy, Freddy, and Herb Peach are ready for vacation. Lucy wants to read all of the books on the summer reading list. Freddy wants to work on his art projects (when he isn’t stuck in summer school). Herb wants to swim every day.
Then their dad makes a big announcement: one of the inventions their mom came up with before she passed away has sold, and now they’re millionaires!
But Dad has bigger plans than blowing the cash on fun stuff or investing it. He’s bought a used food truck. The Peaches are going to spend the summer traveling the country selling pies. It will be the Great Peach Experiment—a summer of bonding while living out one of Mom’s dreams. Summer plans, sunk. And there’s one more issue Dad’s neglected: none of them knows how to bake. . . .
A perfect blend of humor, heart, and family antics, When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie is a delectable treat to be gobbled down or savored slowly. (Slice of pie on the side, optional, but highly recommended.)
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
About the Author:
Erin Soderberg Downing has written more than seventy-five books for kids, tweens, and teens (many as Erin Soderberg; others as Erin Downing). Some of her most popular titles include the middle-grade novel Moon Shadow, as well as four fun books in the QUIRKS series, ten PUPPY PIRATES adventures (a chapter book series that stars her dog, Wally!), and Disney’s DARING DREAMERS CLUB series.
Her new series – THE GREAT PEACH EXPERIMENT – was selected as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, and rolls into stores in April 2021. Erin loves writing about the silliness of family, the magic of friendship, and has fun finding humor in everyday things. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, three fun kids, and two very fluffy dogs.
When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie Review:
If you want to read a book that encourages you to make the best of a bad situation and live your life to the fullest, this is the book to read!
“When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie” is an adorable middle-grade novel that will sure to capture the young reader’s attention for its superb execution. The author adds fun, quirky illustrations like Lucy’s did if she became a millionaire or her postcards to Great Aunt Lucinda. Some moments had me laughing out loud, like when she describes Chicago’s various types of people.
Moreover, I loved how the author took us on a road trip as the Peaches stopped by various places on their way to the Food Truck Festival. From Minneapolis and Midwest’s Premier Blues Music Festival to Chicago, Michigan, and North Carolina, I felt like I was with the family as they went on their adventure with Peach Power! The author spices up the story with the various glitches the family encounter that affects their inventory of items to cook or problems with the air conditioner.
I also adored how the author told the story. Even the tiny moments had me smiling. For instance, when we read the beautiful selection of Lucy’s reading list (some of which I want to add to my own), or how to go about things with a scientific approach, from research and hypothesis to experimenting and data analysis.
Lucy is excellent in the lead! Frankly, I loved all the characters, including Freddy and Herb, and found it hard to dislike anyone. The story has such a feel-good, humorous factor that you would not notice the time fly by once you start reading. Overall, I enjoyed reading “When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie” and found it uplifting.
