The Truth About Twinkie Pie

Title: The Truth About Twinkie Pie

Author: Kat Yeh

 

Summary: Gigi (Galileo Galilei - a name she hates) and her sister Didi (Delta Dawn) have just moved to a town in New York; having previously lived in a southern trailer park. Gigi misses her mother; whom she believes to have died when she was young. Gigi is just the average tween girl.

Then, after starting a new school (a very fancy one), she begins to make friends with a boy named Trip and enemies with Trip's other friend, a nasty girl, Mace. Gigi also makes friends with some other girls.

After finding out a secret that may reveal who her mother really is; Gigi takes matters into her own hands and flees her town in the middle of the night to see if she can find her real mother who really may still be alive.

Towards the end of the book, Gigi discovers many hidden secrets about herself and others around her that she never knew.

 

Comments: (Sorry if the summary wasn't that great for this book - I had a hard time coming up with a good summary for this one). Gigi and Didi are both likeable and unlikeable at different points in the story, which I guess just makes them more realistic. The book has recipes throughout the pages from their mother's recipe book for interesting dishes such as Twinkie Pie.

The book is seemingly innocent at first, but things get much deeper as the story goes on - Gigi sneaks away in the middle of the night and does a LOT of dangerous things that aren't necessarily a good influence on young readers. Also, there are some underlying themes in this book that aren't really appropriate and are only briefly covered. I would've liked a more detailed and in-depth scene between Gigi and who she thinks is her mother.

This book was not totally appropriate for children under age 12, in my opinion.

The book is still good though, and it is a captivating read, for sure.

 

Complaints: I feel like a few underlying themes could've been left out and that some details could've been left out while more details could've been added in other places instead.

 

Rating: 4 stars