A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff
Target audience: Middle
ReaderRating: Dragon
Cady lives in a magical land
where most people have a special talent, those without talents are called Fair.
Cady’s talent is baking cakes, in fact, her skill is so formidable she need
only look at someone to be able to bake that person’s perfect cake. Miss
Mallory’s talent is matching orphans with the perfect family. Cady is the last
remaining orphan at the House for Lost Girls in Poughkeepsie, NY. Her adoption
sets into motion a destiny that leads her to the Lost Luggage Emporium, multiple powder blue
suitcases, and an apartment building where young Marigold desperately searches
for her special talent. The Owner is a Talent Thief putting everyone within his
reach at terrible risk. This delightful tale is told from multiple viewpoints
with Cady’s cake recipes sprinkled throughout. Katie Honaker easily conveys the
warmth and charm with a well paced narrative. She uses pitch and tone to
indicate slow and fast changes in the dialogue making the listener feel as if
he or she is part of the story. Each recipe is accompanied by cheerful, jaunty
music and the addition of baking sounds like beating eggs, clatter of pots and
pans in the kitchen during the instruction part is pure genius. The author has created a puzzle of seemingly random
events and people and with slow precision has untangled these knots to reveal a
large interconnected circle of family, friends, destinies and a place of
belonging. Recommend to fans of “Savvy” by Ingrid Law. (This audio was provided by
Penguin Audio)
Audiobook details:
Read by Katie HonakerPublisher/Date: Penguin Audio 2/15/13
Unabridged
Listening length: 4 hrs., 9 mins.
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