Death by Eggplant - Softcover

O'Keefe, Susan Heyboer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312602413 ISBN 13: 9780312602413

Publisher: Square Fish, 2010

Synopsis

All Bertie wants to do is cook. Well, actually, become a Certified Master Chef, host his own prime-time cooking show, own a four-star restaurant, and write a best-selling cookbook. Cooking is Bertie’s big secret. His business-obsessed dad wants him to become an accountant. His New Age mom wants him to become a dream analyst. His math teacher wants him to repeat eighth grade. And his mortal enemy just wants him dead. Will Bertie find the courage to reveal his passion for cooking? Will his bravery win him the girl? Will he turn the tables on the class bully and get his revenge? Or will Bertie chicken out and spend the rest of his life analyzing the dreams of his fellow accountants?

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Review

“The narrator of O’Keefe’s appealingly outlandish novel is an aspiring young chef who prepares extravagant meals for his workaholic actuary father and his eccentric mother. . . . A soupcon of silliness and hefty helpings of genuine humor will whet the appetites of young readers who crave light yet satisfying fare.”—"Publishers Weekly"
“This novel cooks along at a rolling boil. . . . Bertie’s turmoil as he works through issues of self-esteem and identity are well done. O’Keefe keeps the comic tension simmering through slightly improbable yet entertaining plot twists and tosses in lots of great food info in the process. Serve this one up to readers looking for a laugh.”—"School Library Journal"

"The narrator of O'Keefe's appealingly outlandish novel is an aspiring young chef who prepares extravagant meals for his workaholic actuary father and his eccentric mother. . . . A soupcon of silliness and hefty helpings of genuine humor will whet the appetites of young readers who crave light yet satisfying fare."--"Publishers Weekly"
"This novel cooks along at a rolling boil. . . . Bertie's turmoil as he works through issues of self-esteem and identity are well done. O'Keefe keeps the comic tension simmering through slightly improbable yet entertaining plot twists and tosses in lots of great food info in the process. Serve this one up to readers looking for a laugh."--"School Library Journal"

About the Author

SUSAN HEYBOER O’KEEFE is the author of more than a dozen books for children, including the best-selling counting bookOne Hungry Monster. She lives in Edgewater, NJ.

About this edition

• Publisher: Square Fish
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0312602413
• ISBN 13: 9780312602413
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 134