THE LEMONADE WAR
By Jacqueline Davies
Houghton Mifflin, 2007
Category: Middle Grade Fiction
I spent last weekend at Rising River, a writing retreat founded by author Jacqueline Davies. It was an incredible three days of creativity, camaraderie, and celebration. If you are a writer looking for a working retreat that puts an emphasis on the needs of the individual writer, Rising River might be the place for you. (If, however, you are a writer on a diet, don’t go. Or at least plan to leave the diet at home. The food at Rising River is stupendous and you will be unable to resist second helpings, fresh-baked cookies at all hours, and fruit crisps with hand-whipped topping. Sigh. I miss it already.)
In addition to finishing the first draft of my new novel (HOORAY!), I came away from the retreat with a list of books to read. One of the most exciting on the list is THE LEMONADE WAR, a middle-grade novel written by Jacqueline Davies herself. Check out this teaser:
“One brother. One sister. One bet. Winner takes all.”
And this trailer (click the link):
How can you not want to read this book? Jackie gave me this overview of the storyline:
“During the five days before school starts a brother and sister get into an argument about who can sell the most lemonade. As each day passes, the competition gets tougher—and nastier—until the bet becomes an all-out, no-holds-barred war. How low will they go, and will this war ever end?”
I, for one, intend to find out.
THE LEMONADE WAR will be available on April 23, 2007. Check it out!