Dessert First

Hallie Durand, Christine Davenier

• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN: 9781442406070

Dessert Schneider has her very own personal style. But sometimes walking to the beat of her own drum means walking right into a heap of mischief, especially when it comes to the legendary family recipe (and Dessert's all-time favorite treat), Grandma Reine's Double-Decker Chocolate Bars. As the oldest in a rambunctious, restaurant-owning family, with a four-year-old sister who is going through a "phase" and two little brothers called "the Beasties, " Dessert seems to be better at getting into trouble than getting out of it. And that's because for this eight-year-old, saying sorry is definitely not a piece o'cake!

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Chapter One: Mrs. Howdy Doody
• Chapter Two: A Family Night
• Chapter Three: Courage and Determination
• Chapter Four: Put One Foot in Front of the Other
• Chapter Five: Timing is Everything
• Chapter Six: The Doody Drive
• Chapter Seven: Brownies Baking
• Chapter Eight: Precautions
• Chapter Nine: After School
• Chapter Ten: A Midnight Snack
• Chapter Eleven: I Don’t Feel Good
• Chapter Twelve: Can Man
• Chapter Thirteen: Aaaahhhhhhhhhhh!
• Chapter Fourteen: I’m Sorry
• Chapter Fifteen: The Proposal
• Chapter Sixteen: A Birthday Surprise
• Chapter Seventeen: The Crysies
• Chapter Eighteen: The Bad, The Good, and The New
• Chapter Nineteen: The Contract
• Chapter Twenty: No Dessert for Dessert
• Chapter Twenty-One: Giving up and Saving
• Chapter Twenty-Two: Just a Snack
• Chapter Twenty-Three: Clockwork
• Acknowledgments
• Recipes
• About the Authors