Description
Cookie is about to lose her job at the local bakery.
Cookie dreams of owning her own bakery but doesn't think she has the skills or money to do it. Most of all, she doesn't have the self-confidence. When she takes a course at the local college, she finds she has much more going for her than she imagined. With the help of her community, she figures out how to make sure no one has to go without her famous doily cookies for long!
This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for older teen readers and adults who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Author Bio
Gail Anderson-Dargatz is the award-winning author of over a twenty books, including The Cure for Death by Lightning and A Recipe for Bees, which were finalists for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. She has also written a number of short novels for striving readers, including the Orca Anchor title My Life Off-Key, Orca Currents titles Bigfoot Crossing and Iggy’s World, both JLG Gold Standard Selections and The Ride Home, which was shortlisted for a BC and Yukon Book Prize. Gail taught for nearly a decade in the CW MFA program at UBC and now works as an editor and mentor. She lives in the Shuswap region of British Columbia.
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