Cookie Monsters
Cookie Monsters
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Little, Brown & Co.
Annotation: A fun, fast-paced novel about friendship, family, fighting for what’s right, and standing out from the crowd while stand... more
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #352209
Format: Publisher's Hardcover
Special Formats: High Low High Low
Copyright Date: 2023
Edition Date: 2023 Release Date: 01/17/23
Pages: 302 pages
ISBN: 0-316-28148-4
ISBN 13: 978-0-316-28148-5
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2021062061
Dimensions: 21 cm
Language: English
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Kirkus Reviews

A 12-year-old girl finds her voice with the help of her community as she competes to sell the most cookies.Brooklyn Ace, a Black seventh grader at Valentine Middle School, is the reigning cookie queen. This year will be no different despite not having her biggest supporter in her corner to help her reach her goal of selling 5,000 boxes of World Scouts Alliance cookies and winning the Santa Monica district prize. Her biggest obstacle is Piper Parker, a new White student who is already stealing away Brooklyn's regular customers with fancy tactics-and the help of lots of kids from their school eager to go to the pool party Piper is promising them if she wins. Brooklyn realizes that her mom, whose death she is grieving, did a tremendous amount of the groundwork for Brooklyn's record-breaking cookie sales. Even with the help of her therapist and supportive, racially diverse scout squad-Lyric, Luciana, and Stella Rose-Brooklyn will need to reexamine her definition of winning as the fierce cookie competition nears its end. Secondary characters' personalities aren't clearly delineated, and readers will feel less invested in them. The delivery of the central message can feel heavy-handed, but the fast pace and conversational tone that uses up-to-the-minute language will draw readers in. The book's strongest quality is the spotlight it shines on mental health and the importance of community.An appealing read, especially for those looking to start a conversation about grief and anxiety. (Fiction. 8-12)

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Reading Level: 3.8
Interest Level: 4-7

A fun, fast-paced novel about friendship, family, fighting for what’s right, and standing out from the crowd while standing up for yourself. 
 
Twelve-year-old Brooklyn Ace is ready to take the Valentine World Scouts by storm and build her own cookie empire. She nearly won the top cookie selling spot last year and is determined to make her mom—who recently passed away—proud by coming in first this time around. With her fabulous best friends by her side, Brooklyn knows she’ll become Santa Monica’s District Cookie Queen. The crown is practically in the bag. 
 
Then Piper Parker arrives. 
 
Piper has a rich dad, a fancy hotel, and a goal to steal the cookie crown right off Brooklyn’s head. Before long, most of the seventh grade is under Piper’s spell. But Brooklyn is in it to win the biggest cookie war the school has ever seen. With the help of her cookie squad, her rockstar grandmother, her super cool therapist, and a lot of self-love and inner growth, maybe—just maybe—Brooklyn can end up a winner after all. 

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