Family Recipe
Simon Spotlight · Paperback · May 5, 2020
Molly learns the true meaning of family in the third delicious book in the Donut Dreams series from the author of the Cupcake Diaries and Sprinkle Sundays series!
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- Who it’s for
- A school family-tree report brings Molly’s questions about adoption and belonging into focus.
- Themes
- Adoption and family identity, Belonging, Family support
- Genres
- Adoption Stories, Cooking & Food
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Molly learns the true meaning of family in the third delicious book in the Donut Dreams series from the author of the Cupcake Diaries and Sprinkle Sundays series! Everything’s better with a donut. Molly has always considered her adopted family her real family. She’s never had reason to question where she fits until she has to do a report on her family tree for school. Suddenly, she has nothing but questions.
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If the point of a family tree is to show where she comes from, is it okay to include people that aren’t her birth family? Being mixed up with doubt may not be a recipe for success, but when Molly reaches out to the people she depends on, they are ready to support her, as always. Molly is soon ready to serve up a perfectly sweet look at what family really is—because the main ingredient in any real family is love.
Family Tree Questions
A school family-tree report brings Molly’s questions about adoption and belonging into focus.
Come here for
- Molly’s questions about whether her family tree can include people beyond her birth family
- The people Molly depends on, ready to support her
Expect
- Questions about where Molly fits in her family
- Support from the people Molly depends on
Where it sits
| Adoption Stories | 80% |
|---|---|
| Cooking & Food | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Multigenerational Families
- Big Feelings
- Cooking & Food
- Authors
- Coco Simon
- Publisher
- Simon Spotlight
- Published
- May 5, 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Adoption and family identity · Belonging · Family support
- Reading lane
- Multigenerational Families