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  • Pie in the Sky

  • By: Remy Lai
  • Narrated by: Remy Hii
  • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (25 ratings)

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Pie in the Sky

By: Remy Lai
Narrated by: Remy Hii
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Publisher's summary

A poignant, laugh-out-loud middle-grade novel - adapted for audio - about an 11-year-old boy's immigration experience, his annoying little brother, and their cake-baking hijinks! Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang!

Recipient of five-starred reviews!

"Pie in the Sky is like enjoying a decadent cake...heartwarming and rib-tickling." (Terri Libenson, best-selling author of Invisible Emmie)

When Jingwen moves to a new country, he feels like he's landed on Mars. School is torture, making friends is impossible since he doesn't speak English, and he's often stuck looking after his (extremely irritating) little brother, Yanghao.

To distract himself from the loneliness, Jingwen daydreams about making all the cakes on the menu of Pie in the Sky, the bakery his father had planned to open before he unexpectedly passed away. The only problem is his mother has laid down one major rule: the brothers are not to use the oven while she's at work. As Jingwen and Yanghao bake elaborate cakes, they'll have to cook up elaborate excuses to keep the cake-making a secret from Mama.

Remy Lai's hilarious, moving middle-grade debut, with its pitch-perfect writing, makes for a scrumptious audiobook adaptation. It will appeal to fans of Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham's Real Friends, Kelly Yang's Front Desk, and Jerry Craft's New Kid.

"The humor [is] akin to that of Jeff Kinney's popular 'Wimpy Kid' series...the perfect mixture of funny and emotionally resonant." (School Library Journal, starred review)

©2019 Remy Lai (P)2019 Listening Library
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A Brother Story

This was fun and it was poignant and totally worth the listen—it also dealt well with the illustration-to-audio dilemma. If I were an older brother instead of a younger sister, however, it might have resonated in a different way as well. Still so good, though!

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