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The Great Peach Experiment 2

The Peach Pit

by Erin Soderberg Downing
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Hammer together a mission to turn a crumbling mansion into a cozy bed-and-breakfast, a treasure map, and a family trying to figure out their new normal to build this charming middle grade bursting with humor, heart, and hope.
Much to their surprise, the Peaches had a great summer running their food truck business selling their pies across the Mid-West, but they're happy to be back home in Duluth, Minnesota, where they can settle back into a routine just in time for the new school year.
That is until Great Aunt Lucinda drops a big surprise on them: She wants to gift them her historic mansion. But there are conditions: they're to turn it into a cozy and welcoming bed-and-breakfast, something the Peach kids' mom always dreamed of before she passed away. And they only have until Thanksgiving to do the renovations and prove they can make the business work. It looks like it's a new chapter of The Great Peach Experiment.
But as the Peaches roll up their sleeves, they quickly realize the house is more of a pit than a welcoming escape. And as the family juggles builders, possible hauntings, doggie obedience training, a treasure hunt, and the demands and worries of work and school, they soon realize that there are wonderful secrets hidden within the house's walls, if only they can take the time to see them.
Interspersed with sketches, recipes, lists, and more, The Peach Pit is a delicious sequel to When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie, combining humor, heartache, a little mystery, and a lot of love, to build another incredible read.

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Great Peach Experiment

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 26, 2022

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781645951018

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781645951018
      • File size: 13927 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 6.4
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 5

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      March 1, 2022
      In this second book in the series following 2021's When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie, the Peach family tackles turning a run-down historic mansion into a B&B. It's the end of the summer, and the Peaches--Lucy, 12; Freddy, 10; Herb, 8; and their father--are back home in Duluth after their summer adventure running a pie food truck. They are looking forward to getting back to their routines, but Great Aunt Lucinda has other plans. She's decided to move into a retirement home and offers to give her rather dilapidated mansion to the Peaches to fix up, live in, and run as a B&B. With reactions running the gamut from excitement (Lucy and Freddy) to apprehension (Herb thinks the mansion is haunted) to doubt (Dad is not a handy person), the family eventually accepts the challenge. What follows is a series of remodeling challenges and disasters as Dad loses heart on a regular basis and each of the children faces their own fears and limitations. But gradually the Peaches find their stride. Told in third-person narration from a different child's viewpoint in each chapter, the story is deliciously plotted and includes a lovely multigenerational aspect as Herb creates a job for himself helping out at Great Aunt Lucinda's retirement home. Interspersed with black-and-white drawings from Freddy's art-ideas notebook and some recipes, the story is by turns poignant, humorous, and empowering. Characters read as default White. Heartwarming, lively, and sprinkled with poignant truths. (Fiction. 8-12)

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    • School Library Journal

      April 2, 2022

      Gr 3-7-This title follows the Peach family siblings-Lucy, Freddy, and Herb-and their dad on a second adventure. After an exciting summer selling pies in a food truck, the Peaches return home to Duluth, MN, to be gifted a mansion from their Great Aunt Lucinda. The one condition is that the family transform the house into a bed-and-breakfast by Thanksgiving. What ensues is a hilarious and heartwarming series of events as the family works to make the request a reality. The story is told in third person, altering between viewpoints of each sibling. Freddy's black-and-white drawings, sketches, recipes, and lists of renovation projects are sprinkled throughout and add humor and personality. While this is a sequel to When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie, the book stands well on its own. All main characters read as white. VERDICT Hand to fans of the Vanderbeekers and other quirky family stories. A strong purchase for library collections.-Katharine Gatcomb

      Copyright 2022 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:6.4
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:5

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