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Basil & Dahlia : a tragical tale of sinister sweetness / Joy McCullough ; illustrated by Shane Cluskey.

by McCullough, Joy.

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Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2024.

Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.

Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.

Baking -- Juvenile fiction.

9781665944236 (hc.)

277 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Rather than be split up into different foster homes, twelve-year-old Basil and his eleven-year-old sister Dahlia leap off a train which jump starts an adventure of ever-increasing mishaps and lands them in the kitchen of a cruel celebrity chef.

It's hard to imagine things could get worse after one's parents die in a greenhouse explosion. But that is precisely what happens to Basil and his younger sister, Dahlia. To escape from the social worker who wants to split them up to differnet foster homes, they jump off a moving train, only to find themselves wounded (Dahlia) and bedraggled (Basil) and without a soul to care for them. What's more, they're lost in the wilds of New York City. Famished and alone, they wander into Cravings, the delectable bakery owned by Laurel Fox, disgraced celebrity chef with a soft spot for poor, hungry orphans. When she offers them luxurious accomodations and all the éclairs they can eat, Basil and Dahlia dare to hope their luck has changed But the savvy reader will know it can't be as simple as that! Laurel Fox is out for redemption, and she'll do anything to get the sinister secret ingredient she requires.

Cluskey, Shane.

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