Bender, Aimee. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake. New York, Doubleday. 2010.
Alex Award
Summary: On the eve of her ninth birthday, Rose Edelstein takes a bite of her mother’s lemon cake and discovers she can taste her mother’s emotions. Only George, her older brother’s best friend takes her seriously when she mentions this fact.
Reaction: While the book was not a chore to read, I still feel rather ambivalent about the book. Once Rose became a teenager, I thought the book might have more appeal to a teen audience. I would recommend the book to eleventh and twelfth graders.
Evaluation:
- Would appeal to girls, not boys
- A book about emotions
- Storyline about brother is a bit of a stretch
- Partial love story
- Protagonist matures as story develops
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