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Most kids would dread the start of middle school and the year-long Explorations project that comes with it, but Ana knows that her her best friend Lily their plan to write and sell their own cookbook is a recipe for success. Lily's not just the perfect partner in culinary crime -- she's also the only person in the world who understands Ana's need to wash her hands five times before picking up a spatula, and would never make fun of her for it.But Ana and Lily's plan for edible entrepreneurship turns into one big baking disaster when they're assigned to different partners for their projects. As if it wasn't bad enough that Lily seems more excited to get to know her new partner than bummed about being separated, Lily and her new friend plan to use the cookbook idea for themselves -- and they didn't even ask! Worse, Ana's partner is Dasher, the strange new girl from Alaska, and she wants to do their project on the weirdest thing imaginable: sled dog racing.
About the Author
Natalie Rompella taught elementary and middle school for ten years. She is the author of twelve trade books and twenty-eight leveled readers and workbooks on a variety of topics, including creative writing, insects, sled dog racing, and science fair experiments. Natalie lives in the Chicago suburbs.
