  | Dinner at the Brake Fast Author: Lute, Renee Beauregard | |
| Price: $23.78 | ||
Summary:
Tacoma Jones loves working at her family's roadside diner, the Brake Fast, pouring coffee and serving eggs and muffins to truckers all day long. But tonight, she is finally going to break out her collection of cookbooks and prepare the best dinner the state of Washington has ever seen.
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 4.10 Points: 7.0 Quiz: 553870 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (05/15/24)
Booklist (+) (05/01/24)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/07/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 05/01/2024 *Starred Review* Having never been far from the Brake Fast, a small-town truck stop run by her parents where only breakfast dishes are served, 12-year-old Tacoma has two dreams: to drive a food truck around the country and, more immediately, to make and eat, just once, a dinner. First, she has to shop for ingredients, a short expedition that extends into a tense and sometimes terrifying odyssey, due to complications ranging from a murderous rooster to a ride hidden in the cab of a trucker with a serious mean streak. Fortunately, Tacoma has allies in two boys—one lonely but game overnight visitor and one bully who turns out to be not so bad—who wind up firm friends and, come the exhilarating climax, able sous chefs. Readers may feel that Tacoma has a lot on her plate, as she has to cope with not only the task at hand but also the pain of living through good days and bad with her clinically depressed father, plus her own struggles with panic attacks. Still, the joy she takes in feeding people is just one expression here of a winningly huge heart. As she puts it, echoing her equally loving mother, everything may not be all right, but it’s “all right enough.” A sweet, far-from-bland tale rich in food, family, and freshly made friendships. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
