Everything on a Waffle
by Polly Horvath (Author)
"My name is Primrose Squarp. I am eleven years old. I have hair the color of carrots in apricot glaze (recipe to follow), skin fair and clear where it isn't freckled, and eyes like summer storms."
Readers will know right from the start that the narrator of Everything on a Waffle is going to tell her story straight and pull no punches. Primrose's parents have been lost at sea, but she believes without an iota of doubt that they are still alive, somewhere.
She moves in with her Uncle Jack, but feels generally friendless. Her only real refuge is a local restaurant called The Girl on the Red Swing, where the owner, Miss Bowzer, serves everything on waffles — except advice and good sense, which come free of charge and are always reliable.
Food in general plays an important role in Primrose's journey toward peace and understanding (a recipe dictated in her unmistakable voice is appended to each chapter), and readers will eagerly cheer her on through this funny, bittersweet story.
Recognition: Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Honor Book (2001); ALA Notable Book (2001); Child Magazine Best Book Award (2001); Parents' Choice Fiction Gold Award (2001); Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award (2001); Newbery Honor Book (2002); International White Ravens (2002); Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize 2002)
Readers will know right from the start that the narrator of Everything on a Waffle is going to tell her story straight and pull no punches. Primrose's parents have been lost at sea, but she believes without an iota of doubt that they are still alive, somewhere.
She moves in with her Uncle Jack, but feels generally friendless. Her only real refuge is a local restaurant called The Girl on the Red Swing, where the owner, Miss Bowzer, serves everything on waffles — except advice and good sense, which come free of charge and are always reliable.
Food in general plays an important role in Primrose's journey toward peace and understanding (a recipe dictated in her unmistakable voice is appended to each chapter), and readers will eagerly cheer her on through this funny, bittersweet story.
Recognition: Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Honor Book (2001); ALA Notable Book (2001); Child Magazine Best Book Award (2001); Parents' Choice Fiction Gold Award (2001); Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award (2001); Newbery Honor Book (2002); International White Ravens (2002); Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize 2002)
Coal Harbour Series—Summary and Book Order
Series: Coal HarbourReading level: 10+
Books in series: 2
Read in order? Yes
Next release: Finished
Tags: realistic fiction comedy & humour culture family illness & grief
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