When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie

By Erin Soderberg Downing

Book #1 in the The Great Peach Experiment series

A family road trip turns into a pie-selling adventure with unexpected challenges.

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256 pages· 46,973 words· Est. 5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Lucy, Freddy, and Herb Peach's summer plans are upended when their dad buys a food truck to fulfill their late mom's dream. As they travel selling pies, they face the challenge of baking without any experience. Will this journey bring them closer or crumble under the pressure? Discover the humor and heart in this sweet family adventure.

From the publisher

Mix together a used food truck, a road trip that doesn’t exactly go as planned, and a lot of pie, and you have the recipe for this sweet middle grade series starter brimming with humor, heart, and a family you’ll fall in love with. Perfect for readers who gobbled down The Penderwicks and The Vanderbeeks of 141st Street. Sweet summer has taken a rotten turn . . . After a tough year, Lucy, Freddy, and Herb Peach are ready for vacation. Lucy wants to read all of the books on the summer reading list. Freddy wants to work on his art projects (when he isn’t stuck in summer school). Herb wants to swim every day. Then their dad makes a big announcement: one of the inventions their mom came up with before she passed away has sold, and now they’re millionaires! But Dad has bigger plans than blowing the cash on fun stuff or investing it. He’s bought a used food truck. The Peaches are going to spend the summer traveling the country selling pies. It will be the Great Peach Experiment–a summer of bonding while living out one of Mom’s dreams. Summer plans, sunk. And there’s one more issue Dad’s neglected: none of them knows how to bake. . . .

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