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The Secret Cookie Club

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Kathleen M. Purcell

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Kathleen M. Purcell

When four very different girls are stuck together at sleepaway camp in THE SECRET COOKIE CLUB by Martha Freeman, their counselor, Hannah, has an idea to help them click: bring them into the kitchen one stormy night and have them bake together. Soon they are mixing, baking and nibbling their way toward friendship. By the end of camp, the girls want to keep in touch, so they start the secret cookie club --- they send emails and letters to reveal their problems and triumphs, and, based on the information, decide which cookies to send.

 

THE SECRET COOKIE CLUB really captures the feelings that young girls experience, like sometimes being embarrassed by their family members or because they don’t have as much money as their other friends.  Not only does Freeman have a knack for addressing these issues, but she also wrote a book that girls will have fun getting immersed in. 

THE SECRET COOKIE CLUB really captures the feelings that young girls experience,

Also, cookies serve as a great analogy for friendship.  Just like friendship, baking cookies requires nurturing --- you need to put ingredients together, mix, bake and decorate. You need to find the right recipe for the right person. Girls will pick up on this, and have a great time using the recipes in the back of the book to bake some tasty treats of their own!

Teaser

 

When her four campers don’t get along, counselor Hannah has an idea. They gather in the kitchen at the Moonlight Ranch Summer Camp. There, they measure, mix, stir and bake. As they bite into their warm sugar cookies, they finally seem to be friends. But summer doesn’t last forever. And if the bond is going to survive the long school year, these kids will need a plan, a plan that just might require cookies.

Promo

When her four campers don’t get along, counselor Hannah has an idea. They gather in the kitchen at the Moonlight Ranch Summer Camp. There, they measure, mix, stir and bake. As they bite into their warm sugar cookies, they finally seem to be friends. But summer doesn’t last forever. And if the bond is going to survive the long school year, these kids will need a plan, a plan that just might require cookies.

About the Book

Friends make everything better—and so do cookies!—in this warm-hearted novel in the tradition of SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS, with a middle grade dash of sugar and spice.
 
Recipe for friendship: mix four very different girls, one boy and a camp counselor. Add cookies.
 
When her four campers don’t get along, counselor Hannah has an idea. They gather in the kitchen at the Moonlight Ranch Summer Camp. There, they measure, mix, stir and bake. As they bite into their warm sugar cookies, they finally seem to be friends.
 
But summer doesn’t last forever. And if the bond is going to survive the long school year, these kids will need a plan, a plan that just might require cookies.
 
Complete with recipes, this book will satisfy every reader’s craving for something sweet—just like a homemade sugar cookie.