A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

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T. Kingfisher

Winner of the 2021 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult BookWinner of the Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult FictionWinner of the Locus Award for Young Adult FictionWinner of the Dragon Award Best Young Adult / Middle Grade NovelWinner of the Mythopoeic Award for Children's LiteratureWinner of the Cóyotl Award for Best NovelFourteen-year-old Mona isn't like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can't control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt's bakery making gingerbread men dance.But Mona's life is turned upside down when she finds a dead body on the bakery floor. An assassin is stalking the streets of Mona's city, preying on magic folk, and it appears that Mona is his next target. And in an embattled city suddenly bereft of wizards, the assassin may be the least of Mona's worries...

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Author

T. Kingfisher

Pages

306

Publisher

Argyll Productions

Published Date

2020

ISBN

1614505241 9781614505242

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"The only book I've ever purchased on title and cover alone. I was not disappointed! It's got the silliness and wit of Discworld with a baking twist. Adding vanilla to animated gingerbread men cookies to mellow them out? Brilliant!"

Wei Liu

"Is Kingfisher my new favorite author? Maybe. I’ve only read two of her books now but I love her style. It’s easy to read and fun. Can’t ask more than that."

Tori

"Delightful & Hilarious. I refreshing view of a world with magic."

AutisticJester

"Cute and fun, with a surprisingly deep message."

Sarah Brown

"I love T. Kingfisher. Anti-establishment bread wizard. Carnivorous sourdough."

Sasha Gray

"This was such a cozy tale, one i didn’t know i would end up wanting to escape back into, wish there was a sequel. The world is interesting with castles and cobblestone and bakeries. My favorite was the gingerbread man he provided such a splash of humor, made me smile warmly whenever his sassy antics arose. "

Fourstar

"Hands down a great read! T. Kingfisher is a master and I think everyone should read this! "

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Adelaide Ponte Usdin

"The baking magic mix is hilarious and wonderful "

Seashell

"It was a short fun book, it's all about a girl who can command bread to do her will and sometimes frosting and then an assassin comes after her after being framed for murder it's a good fun book"