![]() With the aid of Charlie, a newfound friend, Alice sets out to get to the bottom of the mystery. Someone wants Aunt Polly's piecrust recipe badly. ![]() It isn't long before the animal is catnapped, the bakery is trashed, and Blueberry Medal fever hits Ipswitch. Alice cries for two days and "felt like a slice of Swiss cheese inside, all limp and full of holes." At the reading of her aunt's will, she learns that Polly left her piecrust recipe to her fat, grumpy cat, Lardo, and that she left Lardo to Alice. Many selfishly wonder where they are going to get their pie fix, and some wonder what will happen to the tourist industry that was built around Polly's fame. So when Polly Portman dies unexpectedly, the town is bereft. She also lavishes love and attention on her niece, Alice, an only child who can never please her mother. Polly Portman, 13-time winner of the coveted Blueberry Medal, knows everyone's favorites and keeps meticulous notes for each filling, but not the crust. In the 1950s, the small town of Ipswitch, PA, is famous due to the proprietor of Pie, who gives her wares away rather than selling them. This is the review I starred for the September, 2011 issue: I originally read and reviewed Pie for SLJ. ![]() ![]() Unabridged audiobook on 1 Playaway (self-contained MP3). ![]()
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