In a small town called Beldoc, Provence, we follow a 30-year-old chef named Julie Cavallo who has a patisserie that is gluten-free. Julie is teaching a man named Maurice the ways of baking when he suddenly has a heart attack and dies. His death is filed by the gendarmerie as a natural death, but Julie thinks otherwise. Julie suspects that he was poisoned, so she goes on a hunt to find clues and evidence to reveal the culprit of this crime, with her sous chef, Eric, her sister, Florence, and her grandma, Rose by her side.
Lizzie isn't very happy about the move. How unfair is it that her father uprooted her from her entire life because he got a new job? Why did she have to move now in the middle of the 7th grade?
But, things may not be as bad as they seem. There's an abandoned house next door to her new one, and It intrigues Lizzie. Who used to live in it? Why Isn't it being lived in now?
In the second book of Julie Cavallo Investigates, Julie has just solved the murder mystery of Maurice Sauve, but now another murder occurs. When Eric, Julie’s trusty sous chef is suspected of murdering his father who recently got out of jail, Julie tries to figure out who the real murderer is so she can clear Eric’s name. Julie interrogates many people to figure out the truth. She has help to uncover the secrets as well: her sister, Flo, and her grandma, Rose.
After living half of her life in Paris, Julie Cavallo, the main character in The Murderous Macaron by Ana T. Drew, has decided to move back to her birthplace, a small village in Provence, France, to pursue her dream of becoming a pastry chef. Julie opens up her own gluten-free pastry shop, hoping it will become a bustling hub where people will come to enjoy her “delights”. But Julie soon learns that opening a new business isn’t quite as easy as she thought.
Can You Hear Me, Daddy? is a children’s picture book about a young girl, Renee whose father has cancer. Renee has been praying to God about her father, hoping he will recover. Before Renee’s father dies, he tells her to talk to him always, even if he doesn’t seem to be there. After his death, Renee struggles with the loss of her father, but she is comforted by keeping his memory close to her heart.
Nancy Grace wanted nothing more than to study astronomy; even when her peers thought otherwise. She was persistent in studying space at a time when only men were considered scientists. With perseverance and knowledge, she became a chief of astronomy at NASA and led a group of scientists to build the Hubble Space Telescope. Her accomplishments earned her the title “Mother of Hubble” and her desire to educate young people about space exploration continued through her old age.
The crunchers like crunchy crackers, and the jellies like sticky jelly. The crunchers don't like the jellies, and the jellies don't like the crunchers. The jellies don't want to try crackers because they think they are to crunchy. The crunchers don't want to try jelly because it's to sticky. This causes a fight.
The final book, The Beginning of Always, closes the incredible trilogy created by Karen Janowsky. The story of Nina and Daniel and their mission to save the world is ending. The end of the trilogy brings a plethora of unexpected events. Paul, Daniel’s old friend, continues his mission to write all of history. However, while the WISE group tries to save and preserve the original unfolding of history, unexpected deaths result. Unexpected and hidden love stories are uncovered, and they transform enemies to allies.
Theresa Martinez, the main character in Ghosters by Diana Corbitt, moves into her grandparents' old abandoned mansion after her mom dies, not expecting much. However, soon after, she, her father, and her younger brother, Joey, move in, Theresa starts noticing unusual things happening. Theresa thinks that ghosts are responsible, but her dad definitely does not believe in ghosts. Then, Theresa meets a girl at school, Kerry, whose aunt was the realtor for the mansion. Kerry also thinks the house is haunted and asks Theresa if she could come over to check the place out.
In No True Believers, the reader follows a teenage Muslim girl whose name is Salma Bakkioui. Salma’s best friend, Mariam who has been her neighbor and best friend her whole life is moving away because Mariam’s father’s patients don’t want a Muslim chiropractor anymore. Everything goes downhill from there for Salma. With her boyfriend Amir comforting her, many kids at school are being very rude to her because she is a Muslim.
