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Pie
Pie
Pie
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Pie

Written by Sarah Weeks

Narrated by Kate Rudd

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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When Alice's Aunt Polly, the Pie Queen of Ipswitch, passes away, she takes with her the secret to her world-famous pie-crust recipe. Or does she? In her will, Polly leaves the recipe to her extraordinarily fat, remarkably disagreeable cat, Lardo . . . and then leaves Lardo in the care of Alice.

Suddenly, the whole town is wondering how you leave a recipe to a cat. Everyone wants to be the next big pie-contest winner, and it's making them pie-crazy. It's up to Alice and her friend Charlie to put the pieces together and discover the not-so-secret recipe for happiness: Friendship. Family. And the pleasure of donig something for the right reason.

With Pie, acclaimed author Sarah Weeks has baked up a sweet and satisfying delight, as inviting as warm pie on a cold day. You'll enjoy every last bite.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 1, 2011
ISBN9781455833160
Pie
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Sarah Weeks

Sarah Weeks has written more than fifty books for young readers. Some of her picture books include Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash, Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth!, and Glamourpuss. Her bestselling novel, So B. It, is a feature-length film starring Alfre Woodard and Talitha Bateman. Ms. Weeks visits thousands of students in elementary and middle schools across the country every year. She is also an adjunct professor in the prestigious MFA Writing for Children and Young Adults program at the New School. Sarah lives in Nyack, New York, with her husband, Jim Fyfe, and their dog, Mia. You can visit her online at sarahweeks.com.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Beautiful book. An absolute delight. Lovely characters. Fun and quirky plot. Highly recommended.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is my FAVORITE
    BOOK EVER I love it so much highly recommend ❤️❤️❤️
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    When Alice?s Aunt Polly Pie Queen of Ipswitch passes away, she takes with her the secret to her world-famous piecrust recipe...or does she? Enjoy this heart-warming children?s story about a town where everyone suddenly scrambles to find the recipe. Pie will appeal to all ages, makes a great read-aloud, and was the winner of North Dakota?s 2011 Flicker Tale Award. Also included are many fabulous pie recipes.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I'm not one for kid books, but I have to admit, this book was great! I purchased my copy of the book back in fifth grade but I haven't read it until now! I feel like the book was baked perfectly into nice little edges! Alice's and her mom's relationship in the end killed me and the whole LaRdO situation with the recipe was hilarious! You should read this book!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    best book ever
    It was an amazing book
    I was very deep

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Oh my gosh this book is so good and a great roll model it is so good and is one of the best books I read in 2020 it made my year so much better and almost made this year less horrible
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    What a wonderfully written book! I read this aloud to my kids ( 10, 8,8, and 6) and they LOVED IT ( and so did I).
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Narrated by Kate Rudd. Alice’s beloved Aunt Polly is the queen of pie-making in Ipswich, Pennsylvania, winning the coveted Blueberry Award 13 years in a row. Her sudden passing stuns and saddens the townspeople who loved her pies. In her will, she inexplicably leaves her coveted pie crust recipe to her cat Lardo, whom she wills to Alice. Almost everyone in town tries their hand at pie-making in the hope of filling Polly’s shoes but a mysterious person goes a step further to try and snare the pie crust recipe by catnapping Lardo and ransacking Polly’s store. I enjoyed the sweet lightness and simplicity of Rudd’s narration. She vividly brings out the personalities of the main characters through expression, emotion and pacing.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    So charming! I re-love it every time I read it❤️
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Sleuthing pie-oriented adventure set in Ipswitch, PA in 1955. Love the crabby cat, the strong and thoughtful heroine, and the way Aunt Polly chose to live her life. Particularly delighted that Alice learned the real, be true to yourself lesson better than how to make a perfect piecrust. Sweet and satisfying.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    children's fiction/mystery with recipes. The ending was a little tidy (mom all of a sudden realizes she could be more loving towards her daughter) but a nice kids' story nonetheless. Will want to make you want to bake multiple pies.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Reading this book made my mouth water! I wanted my favorite pie, blueberry, but I also found myself wanting other types of pie, too. This book is fast and unique. I loved trying to solve the mystery along with Alice and her friend. I think kids between the ages of 8-13 would find this book to be a must read. Anyone who is a fan of pie will enjoy it, at any age! Each chapter starts with a recipe, which include tips for making it. I am hoping to try making some of these pies. How fun! I met the author, Sarah Weeks, when I was at the Children’s Book Fair. She was so nice and funny! She told me that if someone makes a pie, takes a picture of it, and sends it to her she may put it up on her blog. How cool is that?
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Aunt Polly, the Pie Queen of Ipswitch, passes away and leaves the recipe for her world-famous pie crust to her cat, Lardo, and the cat to her niece, Alice. Surprised that Polly would leave her famous recipe to her cat, the folks in town set out to make the best pie in hopes of finding a way to win the big pie contest and earn the coveted Blueberry award.Alice and her friend Charlie set out to solve the mystery of the pie crust recipe and along the way unexpectedly learn the recipe for happiness. But will they find the secret of the pie crust recipe?This sweet tale of friendship and family will make every pie-loving reader chuckle with delight. With several yummy pie recipes tucked into the pages of this book, readers will find much to appreciate in this enchanting tale.Recommended.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Alice is grieving over the loss of her beloved Aunt Polly, who made the best pies in town... or perhaps in the country if the national Blueberry Award, which Polly won 13 years running, is any determination. The whole town is missing her and her pies. But someone is out to get her secret pie crust recipe at any cost... and in Polly's will, she specifically left the recipe to her cat... and left the cat to Alice.Alice and her good friend Charlie are out to solve the mystery of who ransacked her aunt's home, and catnapped Lardo, all while Alice tries to cope with her own grief.A quick read, light-hearted and simple, it's a cute little book. Alice and Charlie are a highly likable pair of protagonists.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Such a sweet story - both in the feels and the subject matter. Alice had a special bond with her Aunt Polly, a gifted pie-maker. After Polly's untimely death and her giving her secret crust recipe to Lardo (her cat), strange things start happening as someone is trying to steal the secret of the delicious pies. Alice and Charlie become friends as Alice tries to navigate her grief. A quick, sweet read.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book was an absolute delight to read !

    I would have loved it when in 3rd or 4th grade and am pleased that now in my mid 50s I got immense pleasure from reading it.

    I am happy to see wonderful stories are still being written today and even more pleased that I have never loved my childlike traits that I can be thrilled to bits over a kid's book, rather than always reading adult material.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was a really fun, feel good read. I think that both boys and girls would enjoy the storyline of this book but that, in particular, girls could benefit from Alice's strong, independent character. Unlike many books with female lead characters, Alice is the brains of her friendship with Charlie. In addition, the book advocates for finding the value in one's individual gifts, which is a wonderful lesson.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    NCCBA 2013
    Cute, sweet, no pun intended and a good mystery. I was hoping for that pie crust recipe on the last page.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A story as sweet as the title, with fourteen pie recipes to boot!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Lardo is a fat and disagreeable cat to most, but loved by Alice’s Aunt Polly. When Polly passes away, she leaves her prize-winning pie crust recipe to Lardo and Lardo to her beloved niece Alice. The whole town is up in arms! They miss Polly, but they especially miss her pies, and they want to know how Polly made the crust. It is a mystery, and some unsavory sorts show up in town in search of the recipe. Alice and Lardo may be in danger and no one can find the recipe! A cute story with just enough intrigue to keep you interested in what happens next. The pie recipes at the beginning of each chapter just add to the charm of the book. A great book for kids, but adults will like it, too.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Sweet book about young girls relationship with a beloved aunt, her parents and a boy she never would have thought would become a friend. Oh yeah, AND Pie. The yummy recipes at the beginning of each chapter are a wonderful addition. In fact, I HAD to make a chocolate cream pie from the recipe passed down by one of my sweet beloved aunts after reading this book. Weeks adds just enough mystery to get you turning the pages in anticipation of what is going to happen next.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A fun novel that 4th - 6th graders would enjoy reading. Alice's Aunt Polly is a master baker- she is famous for her pies which she has won numerous awards for. She doesn't bake pies for money- people bring her ingredients and she turns them into pies. When she dies, she leaves her grouchy cat, Lardo, to Alice. Everyone wants to know her secret pie crust recipe but Polly's will is very vague- a mystery to find out where the recipe is ensues. It is a heartfelt book that celebrates friendship and family. A fun read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    When Alice's aunt Polly, The Pie Queen of Ipswitch, passes away, she takes with her the secret to her world-famous piecrust recipe. Or does she? In her will, Polly leaves the recipe to her extraordinarily fat, remarkably disagreeable cat, Lardo. . . and then leaves Lardo in the care of Alice. Suddenly, the whole town is wondering how you leave a recipe to a cat. Everyone wants to be the next big pie-contest winner, and it's making them pie-crazy. It's up to Alice and her friend Charlie to put the pieces together and discover the not-so-secret recipe for happiness. Friendship. Family. And the pleasure of doing something for the right reason.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book is a great read for both children and adults. It has many twists and turns to the plot that surprise the reader and keep it from being predictable.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Alice's Aunt Polly was famous for her pie recipes. She unexpectedly passes away and leaves her pie recipe to her cat, Lardo, and leaves her cat to Alice. How do you leave a recipe to her cat? What happens to Alice?
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The book Pie is an easy to read quirky story of a young girl named Alice, who spends time after her aunts death trying to figure out how to get past her sadness and finds herself in the middle of a pie mystery! Everyone wants the coveted pie crust recipe, which the aunt leaves to the cat Lardo. Needless to say this leads to a mass furry of pie making in the town in hopes a new pie queen will be crowned. In the end, Alice figures out what the important secret is that her aunt really left behind, which helps Alice and her family heal their hearts and once again be able to enjoy pie.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Pie by Sarah Weeks is a tween historical fiction about a girl, a cat and a missing pie crust recipe. Alice, the girl, has inherited Aunt Polly's cat, Lardo (think of Crisco) and her famous Ipswitch pie shop (think the Pie Hole from Pushing Daisies). Her will, though, says that she left her award winning pie crust recipe to Lardo.As you can imagine, Lardo, the highly disagreeable cat, is cat napped. Alice does everything in her power to find the cat, while her mother tries to master the recipes (even though she shows no talent or interesting in baking).With each chapter there is a pie recipe. The afterword includes information on how the recipes were collected. I didn't try any of the recipes — as my daughter and I already have our own selection of favorites. I will, say, though, that my daughter makes a pie crust that could rival Aunt Polly's
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Grades 3-5--Alice has spent at least a little of every day of her 11 year old life at her Aunt Polly's pie shop. When Aunt Polly passes away unexpectedly, the absence of her sweetness and generosity make it feels like the life has gone out of their little town. But quirky Aunt Polly's will confuses everyone: she leaves her grumpy white cat, Lardo, to Alice, and she leaves her super secret pie crust recipe to Lardo! Suddenly, there's a lot of interest in pie crust recipes, and Alice doesn' t know who's responsible for strange break-ins and disappearances around town. But as she makes a new friend and the town works together, they may all find that Aunt Polly's sweetness is inside them, waiting to be discovered. A charming and completely satisfying story on all levels!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Great characters, wonderful story. Charming, touching and unique. Made me want to eat lots of pie!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I finished this delightful novel about 15 minutes ago and now I'm dying for a piece of coconut cream pie. Sarah Weeks has written a funny and touching story with an entertaining mystery thrown in along with the apples, peaches and pie crust. Sure it's geared for middle readers, but take a chance and read it. I know you'll enjoy yourself. Yes, PIE certainly takes the cake! Groan!