{"product_id":"midsummers-mayhem-hardcover","title":"Midsummer's Mayhem - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRajani Larocca\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Kirkus Best Book of 2019!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Indies Introduce Selection for 2019!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Indie Next Pick for Summer 2019!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A delectable treat for food and literary connoisseurs alike.\" \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"What a wonderful, intriguing, and magical book. And wow, did it ever get my tastebuds going! Each time I picked it up, I felt the urge to head to my kitchen. . . . What I loved most was the smartness of it. It never once doubted its young readers.\" Kathi Appelt, Newbery Honor- and National Book Award-Nominated author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Midsummer's Mayhem\u003c\/i\u003e is an enchantment of a novel, bursting with magic, mystery, and mouth-watering baked goods. Readers who have their own baking-show dreams will be cheering for Mimi until the very last page.\" Kate Messner, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBreakout\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Seventh Wish\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAll the Answers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan Mimi undo the mayhem caused by her baking in this contemporary-fantasy retelling of Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleven-year-old Mimi Mackson comes from a big Indian American family: Dad's a renowned food writer, Mom's a successful businesswoman, and her three older siblings all have their own respective accomplishments. It's easy to feel invisible in such an impressive family, but Mimi's dream of proving she's not the least-talented member of her family seems possible when she discovers a contest at the new bakery in town. Plus, it'll start her on the path to becoming a celebrity chef like her culinary idol, Puffy Fay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Mimi's dad returns from a business trip, he's mysteriously lost his highly honed sense of taste. Without his help, Mimi will never be able to bake something impressive enough to propel her to gastronomic fame. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawn into the woods behind her house by a strangely familiar song, Mimi meets Vik, a boy who brings her to parts of the forest she's never seen. Who knew there were banyan trees and wild boars in Massachusetts? Together they discover exotic ingredients and bake them into delectable and enchanting treats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as her dad acts stranger every day, and her siblings' romantic entanglements cause trouble in their town, Mimi begins to wonder whether the ingredients she and Vik found are somehow the cause of it all. She needs to use her skills, deductive and epicurean, to uncover what's happening. In the process, she learns that in life, as in baking, not everything is sweet. . . .\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRajani LaRocca\u003c\/b\u003e was born in India, raised in Kentucky, and now lives in the Boston area with her wonderful family and impossibly cute dog. She earned a BA and an MD from Harvard, and spends her time writing novels and picture books, practicing medicine, and baking too many sweet treats. \u003ci\u003eMidsummer's Mayhem\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel. 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