Alice Fleck’s father is a culinary historian, and for as long as she can remember, she’s been helping him recreate meals from the past — a hobby she prefers to keep secret from kids her age. But when her father’s new girlfriend enters them into a cooking competition at a Victorian festival, Alice finds herself and her hobby thrust into the spotlight. And that’s just the first of many surprises awaiting her. On arriving at the festival, Alice learns that she and her father are actually contestants on Culinary Combat, a new reality TV show hosted by Tom Truffleman, the most famous and fierce judge on TV! And to make matters worse, she begins to suspect that someone is at work behind the scenes, sabotaging the competition. It’s up to Alice, with the help of a few new friends, to find the saboteur before the entire competition is ruined, all the while tackling some of the hardest cooking challenges of her life . . . for the whole world to see.
By: Rachelle Delaney
Discovery Questions
Alice loves experimenting with recipes. Do you have a hobby or activity where you like to try new things? How is it like Alice’s experiments?
Compare Alice’s mistakes in cooking to another character’s mistakes in a story. How do the characters react to their mistakes?
Alice experiments with recipes, sometimes making big messes. How does this relate to real scientists or inventors who learn from mistakes?
If you could create your own “recipe for disaster,” what ingredients and steps would you include? Write it out like a recipe and share it with a friend or family member. Did they understand the steps?
Discovery Questions are available in English and Spanish in the app.
Book Details
Grade Level
4th Grade
Book Code
783
Genre
Fiction
ISBN
9780735269293
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