Midsummers Mayhem - Ranjani LaRocca
Category: Children
Narrator: Ariana Delawari
Tags: Children, Fantasy
Can Mimi undo the mayhem caused by her baking in this contemporary-fantasy retelling of Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream?, Eleven-year-old Mimi Mackson comes from a big Indian American family: Dads a renowned food writer, Moms a successful businesswoman, and her three older siblings all have their own respective accomplishments. Its easy to feel invisible in such an impressive family, but Mimis dream of proving shes not the least-talented member of her family seems possible when she discovers a contest at the new bakery in town. Plus, itll start her on the path to becoming a celebrity chef like her culinary idol, Puffy Fay., But when Mimis dad returns from a business trip, hes 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., Drawn into the woods behind her house by a strangely familiar song, Mimi meets Vik, a boy who brings her to parts of the forest shes never seen.
