u003cbu003eUNA DELICIOSA RECETA PARA LA DIVERSIÓN. u003cpu003e¿Podrá Mimi deshacer el alboroto causado por sus dulces horneados en esta reinterpretación de fantasía contemporánea de u003ciu003eEl sueño de una noche de veranou003c/iu003e? u003cpu003eMejor novela u003ciu003emiddle gradeu003c/iu003e del 2019 para Kirkus. u003cpu003eMejor novela u003ciu003emiddle gradeu003c/iu003e del 2019 para las librerías independientes de EE.UU.u003c/bu003e u003cpu003eMimi, una chica de once años, sueña con ganar el concurso de pastelería en el que el juez es nada menos que su gran ídolo, un chef de reconocido prestigio. Pero Mimi pierde a su mejor colaborador cuando su padre regresa de un viaje de negocios y misteriosamente es incapaz de distinguir entre sabores deliciosos y desagradables. Un día Mimi decide seguir a través del bosque una extraña música que a la vez le resulta familiar; ahí conoce a un chico de ojos dorados, y juntos cocinan utilizando ingredientes exóticos del mismo bosque. De pronto, todos los que le rodean comienzan a actuar como si estuvieran locos de remate. u003cpu003eu003cbu003eHermanas que le riñen, camareras que hablan en rima y saboteadores culinarios se mezclan en una receta llena de alborotos en esta divertida noche de un sueño de verano y pasteles.u003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eENGLISH DESCRIPTIONu003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eA Kirkus Best Book of 2019!u003cbru003eAn Indies Introduce Selection for 2019!u003cbru003eAn Indie Next Pick for Summer 2019! u003cpu003eA delectable treat for food and literary connoisseurs alike. u003ciu003eKirkus Reviewsu003c/iu003e, STARRED REVIEW u003cpu003eWhat a wonderful, intriguing, and magical book. And wow, did it ever get my tastebuds going! Each time I picked it up, I felt the urge to head to my kitchen. . . . What I loved most was the smartness of it. It never once doubted its young readers. Kathi Appelt, Newbery Honor- and National Book Award-Nominated author u003cpu003eu003ciu003eMidsummer's Mayhemu003c/iu003e is an enchantment of a novel, bursting with magic, mystery, and mouth-watering baked goods. Readers who have their own baking-show dreams will be cheering for Mimi until the very last page. Kate Messner, award-winning author of u003ciu003eBreakoutu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eThe Seventh Wishu003c/iu003e, and u003ciu003eAll the Answersu003c/iu003e u003cpu003eCan Mimi undo the mayhem caused by her baking in this contemporary-fantasy retelling of Shakespeare's u003ciu003eA Midsummer Night's Dreamu003c/iu003e?u003c/bu003e u003cpu003eEleven-year-old Mimi Mackson comes from a big Indian American family: Dad's a renowned food writer, Mom's a successful businesswoman, and her three older siblings all have their own respective accomplishments. It's easy to feel invisible in such an impressive family, but Mimi's dream of proving she's not the least-talented member of her family seems possible when she discovers a baking contest at the new bakery in town. Plus, it'll start her on the path to becoming a celebrity chef like her culinary idol, Puffy Fay. u003cpu003eBut when Mimi's dad returns from a business trip, he's mysteriously lost his highly honed sense of taste. Without his help, Mimi will never be able to bake something impressive enough to propel her to gastronomic fame. u003cpu003eDrawn into the woods behind her house by a strangely familiar song, Mimi meets Vik, a boy who brings her to parts of the forest she's never seen. Who knew there were banyan trees and wild boars in Massachusetts? Together they discover exotic ingredients and bake them into delectable and enchanting treats. u003cpu003eBut as her dad acts stranger every day, and her siblings' romantic entanglements cause trouble in their town, Mimi begins to wonder whether the ingredients she and Vik found are somehow the cause of it all. She needs to use her skills, deductive and epicurean, to uncover what's happened. In the process, she learns that in life as in baking, not everything is sweet. . . .