[Revue N°18] Baking For Dave by Melissa Palmer

Auther : Baking For Dave

Title : Melissa Palmer

Genra : Contemporary

Publisher: Sensory World

Published in : November 11th, 2016

Page number : [Paperback : 436 pages/ EPUB : 432 pages]

Format : Paperback/Kindle

Summary :

Iris Heller, a 15-year-old teenager with Sensory Processing Disorder, runs away to compete in a national bake-off contest. To get there, she “borrows” her mom’s car, travels through several states, and does the most terrifying thing of all ― interacts with actual people! Iris has never been like other girls, but she’s not about to let that get in the way.

Iris has this profound fascination for the musician Dave Matthews, and she feels a compelling need to compete in the bake-off for Dave. To compensate for nervousness, she has the habit of humming, beat boxing, and making musical contraptions out of items around her. It is this talent that gets noticed at several road stops along the way, which leads to her inevitable "gone viral" glory. At a donut shop, Iris sings like an angel. At a coffee shop, she plays a symphony using cups and the soda fountain. At a restaurant, she builds a glorious musical fountain out of dishes and pans. Iris is the kind of pure spirit who brings the best out of the world around her without knowing it.

Iris’ mom (Maisy) and her best friend Eric set out to find Iris. All lives converge at Happy World, the Disney-esque paradise, where the bake-off takes place. Iris, whose life has been one of isolation and misunderstanding, finds out just how much she is loved. It doesn't matter how she does in the bake-off; she's already won the biggest contest of all, triumphing in life.

My opinion :

A great reading with a subject close to my heart !!!!!

A young girl dealing with anxiety attacks due to Sensory Processing Disorder which affect one in six children in the U.S. !!! What really caught my attention was that when Iris gets nervous or overwhelmed, she has a habit of chewing on her fingers until they bleed, which some people do (and I used to do that myself too !!!)

It all starts when Iris took her mother's car (without her knowing) to go to a Baking contest that occurs approximately 1000 miles from her home, she wasn't like other girl her age but that didn't stop her from fulfilling her dream, and because of her nervousness she could hums, beat boxing or makes musical instruments out of items on hand to relax.

This gets her noticed several stops along her journey, and that have gone viral.

At a donut shop she sings amazingly, at a coffee shop she plays a symphony with cups and a soda fountain, and because of Iris' spirit, she brings the good out in Houghton's people and she doesn't know it.

I enjoyed reading it and I highly recommand it !!!

So I'll give this first book a : 4.75/5 stars !!!!!!

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