Recipes are scattered throughout, emphasizing the way food connects GiGi to her family even when she learns her family isn't quite what she thought it was. That’s the recipe for The Truth About Twinkie Pie, a voice-driven middle-grade debut about the true meaning of family and friendship. Confident.' A cute boy at school and a mean girl who is jealous of her initially appear to be familiar types, but they, along with DiDi, have major surprises in store for GiGi and readers in her first novel, picture book author Yeh (The Magic Brush) skillfully builds toward a breathless, emotional conclusion. Heres the recipe for THE TRUTH ABOUT TWINKIE PIE, the story of what happens when GiGi and DiDi say goodbye to their home in the South, leaving everything. Mix in a fancy new school, new friends and enemies, a first crush, and a generous sprinkling of family secrets.

Hoping to make the most of her new school, GiGi has put together a 'Recipe for Success,' with items that include making real friends for the first time and being 'the girl Mama would be if she were here. 'Closer to the Author' is a limited podcast series that allows students to invest in young adult books and the authors who wrote them. After DiDi wins a million dollars in a cooking contest, the two girls move from a South Carolina trailer park to a wealthy town in Long Island to get GiGi the best education possible. Twelve-year-old Galileo Galilei Barnes (shortened to GiGi, for obvious reasons) has been raised by her older sister, DiDi, ever since their mother died.

The truth about twinkie pie