Best Friends' Bakery: Sugar and Spice

Eleven-year-old Hannah Hallett's life has changed. Her mum has recently remarried, and Hannah's got a new dad and twin sisters! The whole family have moved from the city to a small town so that Hannah's mum can fulfil her life-long dream of opening a bakery.

But things don't start well for the new bakery, and soon Mum's too busy to spend time with Hannah the way she used to. Hannah knows she can turn the Sugar and Spice Bakery's fortunes around - all she needs to do is convince Mum she can be useful. Can Hannah use her baking talent to save the bakery, learn to live with her big new family and - most importantly - make some friends before school starts?

Friendship, fun and baking - this is CHOCOLAT for 8+.

Linda Chapman is the million-copy-selling author of such series as My Secret Unicorn, Stardust, Skating School, Not Quite a Mermaid and Loving Spirit. Linda lives in Leicestershire with her husband, two daughters and their three dogs. Linda's website is

Kate Hindley lives and works in Birmingham. She is currently shortlisted for the 2013 KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL for her picture book THE GREAT SNORTLE HUNT (S&S). Visit her website at and follow her on Twitter @hindleyillos

[Set in handwriting font, as if this is Hannah's journal] When I told my mum she should follow her dreams and open her own bakery, I didn't realise it would mean us moving house, leaving all my friends and starting a new school in the middle of Year Seven. But that's exactly what did happen. The Sugar and Spice Bakery opens tomorrow. Soon people will be queuing round the corner for a taste of Mum's baking. It has to be a success, it just HAS to. It's like making a cake, when you think about it. We've got all the right ingredients and mixed them together. Now we just have to put it in the oven and hope for the best... Hannah 978 1 4440 1188 3

Eleven-year-old Hannah Hallett's life has changed. Her mum has recently remarried, and Hannah's got a new dad and twin sisters! The whole family have moved from the city to a small town so that Hannah's mum can fulfil her life-long dream of opening a bakery. But things don't start well for the new bakery, and soon Mum's too busy to spend time with Hannah the way she used to. Hannah knows she can turn the Sugar and Spice Bakery's fortunes around - all she needs to do is convince Mum she can be useful. Can Hannah use her baking talent to save the bakery, learn to live with her big new family and - most importantly - make some friends before school starts?Friendship, fun and baking - this is CHOCOLAT for 8+.

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