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The royal bake off
240 pages
A delightfully chaotic, flour-dusted romp through an absurd culinary tournament where the stakes are high and the silliness is even higher.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a kitchen where the blenders are running with no lids on and everyone is laughing too hard to care. It is a wonderfully chaotic, high-energy experience that moves at a brisk, bouncy clip, perfectly tailored for young readers who love their adventures served with a heavy dollop of absurdity. The atmosphere is relentlessly cheerful even when the stakes involve death-defying culinary feats, maintaining a cheeky, lighthearted tone throughout. The prose is snappy and joke-dense, making it an effortless read that practically demands to be read aloud. It will thoroughly delight kids who gravitate toward slapstick humor, ridiculous authority figures, and the heartwarming triumph of loyal friends working together amidst total mayhem.
- Mood
- chaotic
- cheerful
- high-energy
- whimsical
- Tone
- zany
- cheeky
- lighthearted
- absurd
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- power of teamwork · absurd competition · loyalty among friends · childhood ambition
- The writing
- Bouncy, joke-dense, and highly accessible, relying on exaggerated scenarios and playful dialogue to keep the pages turning.
- The arc
- Moves from giddy anticipation through a whirlwind of hilarious, high-stakes stress, landing safely in triumphant joy.
- Who it's for
- Young readers who thrive on slapstick humor, ridiculous adult characters, and fast-paced, cartoonish shenanigans.
Content notes
- cartoonish peril
About the book
Holly, Anna and Pepino are delighted when King Steve invites them to be his kitchen assistants in an international Royal Bake Off, organised by his older brother, King Sam of Americanada. The prize money could finally make their dream come true: the intergalactic holiday of a lifetime. But the tournament is round after terrifying round of death-defying baking, and King Steve is determined to beat his brother at all costs. With one of the contestants also plotting to take over Americanada, can Anna, Holly and Pepino stay out of danger and win the competition?
Description from Open Library.
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