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Just Desserts

By Hallie Durand
Illustrated by Christine Davenier
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About The Book
Dessert and her lunch-table buddies have been exposed to a highly contagious disease—the Annoying Sibling Disease. And while it seems like just yesterday that Dessert reigned supreme over Charlie and the Beasties (aka her brothers), now they are ruining her life. If she doesn’t come up with a plan to stop their unruly behavior, it will be the end of civilization as she knows it. Taking inspiration from her classroom study of General George Washington and the winter at Valley Forge, Dessert comes up with a plan to “Let Freedom Ring.” But will she really be able to stop the Annoying Siblings? Or has Dessert bitten off more than she can chew?

About The Author
Photo Credit: Sharon Stewart
Hallie Durand

Hallie Durand’s favorite dessert is vanilla ice cream drowned in hot-fudge sauce. She grew up in a large, food-loving family much like the one in her books. But unlike Dessert, Hallie had to eat dessert after supper. When she’s not writing, she likes to visit fondue restaurants to do “research.” Hallie lives with her family in New Jersey.

About The Illustrator
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Christine Davenier

Christine Davenier’s favorite dessert is profiterole au chocolat. She is the illustrator of many books for children including the Iris and Walter series by Elissa Haden Guest and The First Thing My Mama Told Me by Susan Marie Swanson, for which Christine received a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year Award. She lives in Paris.

Product Details
  • Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (July 24, 2012)
  • Length: 224 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781442475250
  • Ages: 7 - 10

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Just Desserts

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