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Midsummer's Mayhem

By: Rajani LaRocca
Narrated by: Ariana Delawari
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Can Mimi undo the mayhem caused by her baking in this contemporary fantasy retelling of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Eleven-year-old Mimi Mackson comes from a big Indian American family: Dad's a renowned food writer, Mom's a successful businesswoman, and her three older siblings all have their own respective accomplishments. It's easy to feel invisible in such an impressive family, but Mimi's dream of proving she's not the least talented member of her family seems possible when she discovers a contest at the new bakery in town. Plus, it'll start her on the path to becoming a celebrity chef like her culinary idol, Puffy Fay.

But when Mimi's dad returns from a business trip, he's mysteriously lost his highly honed sense of taste. Without his help, Mimi will never be able to bake something impressive enough to propel her to gastronomic fame.

Drawn into the woods behind her house by a strangely familiar song, Mimi meets Vik, a boy who brings her to parts of the forest she's never seen. Who knew there were banyan trees and wild boars in Massachusetts? Together they discover exotic ingredients and bake them into delectable and enchanting treats.

But as her dad acts stranger every day, and her siblings' romantic entanglements cause trouble in their town, Mimi begins to wonder whether the ingredients she and Vik found are somehow the cause of it all. She needs to use her skills, deductive and epicurean, to uncover what's happened. In the process, she learns that in life, as in baking, not everything is sweet.

©2019 Rajani LaRocca (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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This is the best best dazzling book I’ve ever had in the world!!!!! Book 2 pleasssssssse

Everything is amazing 🤩

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Light hearted and fun to read. I loved the story, the characters, the pace. Magical.

Amazing!

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Watermelon sugar high, watermelon sugar high, it’s like strawberries on a summer evening, tasting wonderful and bright, watermelon sugar hiiigggghhhhhhh!!!!🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵

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This is a kind hearted book that insights inspiration in family and cooking. My 11-year old loved it and was inspired to get cooking and adventurous and creative with flavours.

Really good book for pre teens

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This was a very good book. There was a lot of suspense, and kept me guessing the whole time. I loved it!

Mysterious

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