Summer of a Thousand Pies

A heartfelt contemporary middle grade novel about a girl who must try to save her aunts failing pie shop, perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish, Fish in a Treeand The Great British Baking Show.

When Cady Bennett is sent to live with the aunt she didnt even know she had in the quaint mountain town of Julian, she isnt sure what to expect. Cady isnt used to stability, after growing up homeless in San Diego with her dad.

Now shes staying in her mothers old room, exploring the countryside filled with apple orchards and pie shops, making friends, and working in Aunt Shells own pie shopand soon, Cady starts to feel like she belongs.

Then she finds out that Aunt Shells shop is failing. Saving the business and protecting the first place shes ever really felt safe will take everything she's learned and the help of all her new friends. But are there some things even the perfect pie just cant fix?

Summer of a Thousand Pies is a sweet and satisfying treat of a novel full of friendship, family, and, of course, pie.