Cookie Cutters & Sled Runners
Cookie Cutters & Sled Runners by Natalie Rompella, published by Sky Pony on January 28, 2020, is a reprint edition comprising 288 pages. This juvenile fiction book explores the challenges of middle school through the eyes of Ana, who, alongside her best friend Lily, plans to create and sell a cookbook as part of their year-long Explorations project. However, their plans take an unexpected turn when they are assigned different partners, leading to a series of complications that test their friendship and culinary ambitions.
In this engaging narrative, readers will find themes of friendship, social dynamics, and the pressures of school projects. As Ana navigates her new partnership with Dasher, a girl from Alaska with a passion for sled dog racing, she faces her own anxieties and the chaos of unexpected challenges. The story delves into Ana’s journey of self-discovery as she learns to adapt and confront her fears, all while trying to maintain her friendships and succeed in their projects. With elements of cooking and animals woven throughout, this book presents a relatable tale for young readers.
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1 girl with 1 best friend
1 middle school project
3 huge, slobbery dogs
A recipe for success . . . or disaster?
Most kids would dread the start of middle school and the year-long Explorations project that comes with it, but Ana knows that her + her best friend Lily + their plan to write and sell their own cookbook is a recipe for success. Lily’s not just the perfect partner in culinary crime—she’s also the only person in the world who understands Ana’s need to wash her hands five times before picking up a spatula, and would never make fun of her for it.
But Ana and Lily’s plan for edible entrepreneurship turns into one big baking disaster when they’re assigned to different partners for their projects. As if it wasn’t bad enough that Lily seems more excited to get to know her new partner than bummed about being separated, Lily and her new friend plan to use the cookbook idea for themselves—and they didn’t even ask! Worse, Ana’s partner is Dasher, the strange new girl from Alaska, and she wants to do their project on the weirdest thing imaginable: sled dog racing.
Dasher’s dogs are scary, slobbery, and decidedly not germ-free, but Ana thinks she’s found a loophole when she agrees to bake pancakes for spectators while Dasher mushes in a local race. That is, until Dasher sprains her ankle and has to drop out of the running. Can Ana learn to mush—and overcome her anxiety—in time to save her friendships, finish her project, and compete in the big race?
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