Everything on a Waffle

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name = Everything on a Waffle
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image_caption = First edition book cover
author = Polly Horvath
cover_artist = Gina Freschet
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Young adult novel
publisher = Farrar, Straus and Giroux
release_date = April 4, 2001
media_type = Hardcover and Paperback
Audio CD and casette
pages = 150 pp
isbn = ISBN 0374322368
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"Everything on a Waffle" is a 2001 bestselling children's novel, written by Polly Horvath, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The book was critically acclaimedcite web|url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&KIDS=y&EAN=9780374422080&itm=1#TABS|title=Everything on a Waffle|accessdate=2008-01-07|publisher=Barnesandnoble.com] and won a variety of awardscite web|url=http://www.pollyhorvath.com/#|title=Everything on a Waffle|accessdate=2008-01-07|publisher=Polly Horvath, Inc.] , including the 2002 Newbery Honor. [Lipson, Eden Ross. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9404E2D6153BF931A15752C0A9649C8B63&scp=3&sq=%22Everything+on+a+Waffle%22 "Retold 'Three Pigs' Wins Top Children's Book Prize"] , "The New York Times", January 22, 2002. Accessed January 13, 2008.]

Plot summary

Everything on a Waffle, set in a small Canadian fishing village, tells the story of an eleven-year-old girl named Primrose Squarp. Primrose's parents disappear in a typhoon, but Primrose refuses to believe they are dead and doesn't attend their memorial service. [Margolies, Jane. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E5DD1F3FF934A25755C0A9679C8B63&scp=1&sq=%22Everything+on+a+Waffle%22 "CHILDREN'S BOOKS"] , "The New York Times", June 17, 2001. Accessed January 13, 2008.]

While she defends her family's survival, her custody situation moves around from aging neighbor Miss Perfidy to her preoccupied uncle Jack. The only thing that remains constant is her enjoyment of a restaurant called the Girl on the Red Swing, where each menu item is served on a waffle. Restaurant owner Kate Bowzer takes Primrose under her wing. She teaches her how to cook (recipes are all cited in a notepad) She doesn't question or criticize her, even through her odd predicaments, such as accidentally setting the class guinea pig on fire.

Primrose is taken from the custody of her uncle to an older couple. While she likes them, she is involved in a variety of accidents, including losing a toe.Through her oddities and accidents, Primrose becomes a town curiosity, with neighbors questioning her emotional state. But even through all of this, Primrose never gives up hope in finding her parents and being a normal family again.

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