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Meet Gladys Gatsby: New York’s toughest restaurant critic. (Just don’t tell anyone that she’s in sixth grade.) Gladys Gatsby has been cooking gourmet dishes since the age of seven, only her fast-food-loving parents have no idea! Now she’s eleven, and after a crème brûlée accident (just a small fire), Gladys is cut off from the kitchen (and her allowance). She’s devastated, but soon finds just the right opportunity to pay her parents back when she is mistakenly contacted to write a restaurant review for one of the largest newspapers in the world. But to meet her deadline and keep her dream job, Gladys must cook her way into the heart of her sixth-grade archenemy and sneak into New York City—all while keeping her identity a secret. Easy as pie, right?
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“Kathleen McInerney’s energetic narration highlights the delight, frustration, and perseverance of a misunderstood eleven-year-old foodie…McInerney brings out the quirky personalities of Gladys’s friends with a versatile range of consistent voices. Dynamic pacing and subtle restraint also bring out the subtleties of Gladys’ enthusiasm and disappointment as she tries to balance her love for food with the expectations of adults around her…This sweet story is delivered with humor and tenderness. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
— AudioFile
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“Younger readers will be amused by Gladys’s reviews of her parents’ horrible cooking and her plot to get to New York City without alerting any adults. The triumphant conclusion makes this a tasty read.”
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“The characters are well drawn…Give this one to your young foodies.”
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“Gladys is a lovable character with plenty of spunk and desire, and readers will happily cheer her on.”
— Booklist -
“[An] entertaining story about the joy of following one’s bliss.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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About Tara Dairman
Tara Dairman is a playwright, author, and recovering world traveler. She received a BA in creative writing from Dartmouth College.
About Kathleen McInerney
Kathleen McInerney won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration in 2011 and was a finalist for the Audie in 2010 and 2015. Her narrations have also earned several AudioFile Earphones Awards. She has performed in New York and around the United States in both classical and contemporary theater. Her credits also include television commercials, daytime drama, radio plays, and a broad range of animation voice-overs.