It is 1945 and Dorrie Meyers is beginning 5th grade, the year of the Sweet Semester. She in is Miss Fitzgerald's class and she always has her students make a dessert and write an essay about their choice. The best dessert and best essay winners will be featured in the newspaper. Guests will be invited to the judging and encouraged to make donations to the European Children's Fund - to help war orphans. Dorrie and her best friend, Sunny, experiment with various desserts - sometimes with disastrous results. Dorrie's cousin, Victor - the sole surviving member of his family (The rest were killed by the Germans.), comes to live with them and gives Dorrie a great suggestion for the contest. This is a great heartwarming children's story of the period following World War II. Great survey of Jewish holidays and great recipes & period-appropriate illustrations.
Food - great descriptions of desserts made by Dorrie & Sunny
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