Title: Everything on a Waffle
Author: Polly Horvath
Publisher: Scholastic Year: 2001
ISBN: 0439-44309-4
Genre: Fiction
Realistic
This book is for Ages:
9-12
Awards: Newbery
Honor Book
AR Points: 5.0
Subjects/Themes: Family
Life/ Hope/Death/ Courage/Food/Foster Care
Plot Summary: 11-year-old Primrose lives on an island
in British Columbia. When a terrible storm
strikes her mother goes searching for her father who is out on his fishing
boat. Both parents disappear and are
presumed dead. But Primrose refuses to believe
that her parents are not coming back.
Primrose is sent to live with the neighbor who is around 104, until her
uncle comes to take care of her. Can Primrose
and Uncle Jack stick together in the hope that her parents will return, Even when no one else believes?
Review: Polly
Horvath creates a great character with Primrose. Despite her troubles Primrose keeps you laughing. Her descriptions are unique. “Uncle Jack looked like a pig, albeit a lean
good-looking pig. Miss Honeycut looked
like a turtle. It was hard to imagine a
pig and a turtle together but it gave me something to do the rest of the
meeting.” Horvath includes recipes in
the book including one for Carrots in Apricot Glaze which are the exact color
of Primrose’s hair.
If you like this book
you may also like: Trolls, by Polly Horvath
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