Everything on a Waffle (Newbery Honor Book) - Hardcover

Horvath, Polly

3.72

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9780374322366: Everything on a Waffle (Newbery Honor Book)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374322368 ISBN 13: 9780374322366

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001

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Forced to live with her uncle after her mother and father are lost at sea, Primrose's only source of friendship and support comes from the owner of a local restaurant who always provides her with practical advice with a dash of comfort on the side.

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Review:

"In [Polly Horvath's] capable hands the dilemma of Primrose Squarp is revealed with hilarity and buoyant good nature . . . Subtlety and slapstick is a challenging combination; Horvath pulls it off beautifully."-- Starred, "The Horn Book
""The story is full of subtle humor and wisdom, presented through the eyes of a uniquely appealing young protagonist."-- "School Library Journal
"Hilariously puckish."-- Starred," Publishers Weekly
"In [Horvath's] capable hands the dilemma of Primrose Squarp is revealed with hilarity and buoyant good nature. . . . Subtlety and slapstick is a challenging combination; Horvath pulls it off beautifully."--"The Horn Book Magazine," Starred Review
"Horvath delivers another hilariously puckish read with this tale of a (possibly) orphaned girl from a small Canadian fishing village. . . . A laugh-out-loud pleasure from beginning to triumphant end."--"Publishers Weekly," Starred Review
"The story is full of subtle humor and wisdom, presented through the eyes of a uniquely appealing young protagonist."--"School Library Journal"
." . . a deeply touching novel about irrational faith."--"Orlando Sentinel""" "Delightful. Hilarious. Entertaining. Insightful. These adjectives don't even begin to describe a novel I simply couldn't put down. . . . You'll love it."--"The Syracuse Post-Standard"

About the Author:

Polly Horvath is the author of many books for young people, including The Pepins and Their Problems, The Canning Season and The Trolls. Her numerous awards include the Newbery Honor, the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature, the Mr. Christie Award, the international White Raven, and the Young Adult Canadian Book of the Year. Horvath grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She attended the Canadian College of Dance in Toronto and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York City. She has taught ballet, waitressed, done temporary typing, and tended babies, but while doing these things she has always also written. Now that her children are in school, she spends the whole day writing, unless she sneaks out to buy groceries, lured away from her desk by the thought of fresh Cheez Whiz. She lives on Vancouver Island with her husband and two daughters.

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