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When a blizzard threatens to ruin Valentine’s Day, three seventh-grade friends make and distribute fortune cookies to their lonely neighbors—and confront the secrets they’ve been keeping from one another.
Confident Kate doesn’t notice much but the latest gossip, and shy Georgia can’t say out loud what’s always on her mind. They’re joined by observant, careful Olivia, whose epic, single-minded crush on PBJ (real name: Phillip Becker-Jacobs) is starting to frustrate the other two. Using fortune cookies that mysteriously always seem to speak directly to the person who opens them, the three girls try to work together to bring some love to their building, while reminding each other why they’re such good friends to begin with.
With all the right ingredients to appeal to tween girls, this is an irresistible confection from an emerging talent.
"The trio’s romantic ups and downs tie the story together… an affectionate, insightful ode to friendship. An enjoyable, sure-to-be popular read." –Booklist
With a blizzard threatening their town, a trio of seventh-grade girls devises a charitable plan to make and distribute fortune cookies to all their lonely, stranded neighbors. What they hadn't anticipated was that each of the cookie fortunes would communicate a special message to its recipient. Sweet confections of friendship and love. Editor's recommendation.
Lisa Greenwald is the author of My Life in Pink & Green, which earned a starred review from Kirkus. She works in the library at the Birch Wathen Lenox School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She is a graduate of the New School’s MFA program in writing for children and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her online at www.lisagreenwald.com.
. Sweet Treats & Secret Crushes is a terrific and light tween book you can be happy about putting into your daughter's hands. . If you are ok with putting stories about boys and crushes into your middle reader's hands, then this is a great one to start with. Note the girls in this story don't have much interaction with boys, they mostly just talk about them. . While the title might seem otherwise, the main theme here is friendship and girlfriends, not boys. The main characters in Sweet Treats & Secret Crushes are three seventh grade girls who have been best friends forever. Georgia is the quiet one, Kate is the loud, somewhat trouble-making one and Olivia is the bookish reporter type, always jotting down her observations in her notebooks. The story is set within the apartment building where the girls live in Brooklyn and it takes place all on one day - Valentine's Day. But this isn't your usual Valentine's Day, this is a snow day. Given that New York City schools almost never close, this is a special event. (Clearly this book was written before this crazy winter (2011) we are experiencing right now here in NY!) The girls are equally excited and disappointed. A snow day is great, but now they won't get an opportunity to see the boys they have crushes on at school. They will have to wait a whole year for another Valentine's opportunity to mingle with them on the most romantic (read: over-hyped) day of the year. Georgia's parents own a restaurant called Chen's Kitchen and it is located on the first floor of the building. The Chens are also disappointed with this snow situation, because Valentine's Day should be one of the biggest days of the year for them, and now that's ruined. The girls make the best of it. Mrs. Chen teaches the girls how to make the homemade fortune cookies that Chen's Kitchen is famous for, and the girls have a ball. While making the cookies Mrs. Chen regales the girls with stories of what the building used to be like - when neighbors knew each other and gathered in the hallways for meals and gossip. The girls cannot even imagine an environment like that. They probably wouldn't have even met each other if they didn't live on the same floor and go to the same school. The girls hatch a plan. They decide to pass the fortune cookies out to all their neighbors as they will most likely be home, everyone is snowed in. The girls hope the friendly gesture and the yummy, slightly magical treats may just bring some of that friendliness back to the building. Kate also heard her crush, Brendan, may be visiting the building! The girls have a long day filled with the angst of seventh grade girl friendships, especially when boys are introduced into those friendships. The author handles this with great care and really respects the age and the dramas that go along with it. Her characters don't really even interact with their crushes, but they sure do talk a lot about them! However, after a long day of meeting all kinds of neighbors, the girls ultimately come to realize how valuable their friendship is and that boys shouldn't take away from that. I love that message! It's a good one for girls heading into this age group.
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Posted October 4, 2011
That is an awesome book
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Posted July 26, 2011
Very entertaining to read and is very fun
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Posted March 13, 2011
This book was good, but I was a little dissapointed everything happened on the same day basically. There's no action or majical fairies if that's what you're looking for, and the only sweet treat is the fortune cookies. It's a great book though, and i recomend it to those who enjoy a story about real life and friendship.
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Posted January 8, 2012
NOT GOOD!!!
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Posted December 26, 2011
This was a very good book!!! I could not believe how good this book was!!!! If you liked this book you should look at more books by this author!!!!!! She is a tr¿s perfect author
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Posted August 9, 2011
This is the best book!!!!i read this book and another book by the same author and they both ROCKED!!!!!!!!!
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Posted May 13, 2011
the coolest book ever
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Posted March 30, 2012
When a blizzard ruins Valentine’s Day and three middle school girls are stuck making Fortune Cookies and giving them to their lonely neighbors-they tell each other the secrets they’ve been keeping from each other.They were disappointed because they were ready to give their crushes in school a fortune cookie with a special message in it.The three main characters of the book are Kate,which is the one who keeps up with all the gossip and a troublemaker,Georgia is the quiet one,and Olivia is like a book reporter,she always writes down her observations in her notebook.The book is called Sweet Treats and Secret Crushes and it’s by Lisa Greenwald.This book is for ages 10 and up and the genre of it is fiction.They learn to make the cookies because Georgia’s parents own a restaurant in the same apartment on the first floor.After a whole day of making Fortune cookies and meeting all their neighbors,they realize how close they are to each other and that boys shouldn’t change that.I would say that the book is well paced and well written.I thought that this book was fantastic and it had a great ending.I would give this book 5 stars because of how it digs deep into the girl’s life and the problems they’ve had.
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Posted March 7, 2011
ok when i saw this book i. thougt it looked reallly goo untill i saw crushes... i know everyone has um but i was never like that sooo
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Posted March 2, 2011
i like the poems on the fortune cookies
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Posted December 1, 2011
Just finished! Cant believe it was that good!
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Posted June 25, 2011
This book was fun and interesting, not boring at all. But if you are more of an action fantasy person (like me), I would go for something else. Over all, a pretty good book. It is also nice that it is a lend me.
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Posted May 22, 2012
And it seems great i am going to buy it
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Posted April 11, 2012
This is SO on my list top ten fave books. I mean what is not to love about this book?
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Posted February 23, 2012
I really want to read it
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Posted February 19, 2012
This book gave me confidence. I hope there are more books like this! I got confidence so now i can talk to my crush. Best author ever! I could picture the whole thing in my head.
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Posted January 15, 2012
In sweet treats and secret crushes is a good book you really HAVE to read the whole thing but i got up to chapter 4
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Posted December 30, 2011
I dont know if i should read this book? Any reasons on why i should
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Posted May 8, 2011
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When a blizzard threatens to ruin Valentine’s Day, three seventh-grade friends make and distribute fortune cookies to their lonely neighbors—and confront the secrets they’ve been keeping from one another.
Confident Kate doesn’t notice much but the latest gossip, and shy Georgia can’t say out loud what’s always on her mind. They’re joined by observant, careful Olivia, whose epic, single-minded crush on PBJ (real name: Phillip Becker-Jacobs) is starting to frustrate the other two. Using fortune cookies that mysteriously always seem to speak directly to the person who opens them, the three girls try to work together to bring some love to their ...