The Graham Cracker Plot - by Shelley Tougas (Paperback)

About the Book

In this hilarious debut, calamity ensues when 12-year-old Daisy Bauer and her sometimes best friend Graham try to break Daisy's father out of prison where he's wrongfully incarcerated.

Book Synopsis

Meet Daisy Bauer and her sometimes best friend, Graham, who are determined to break Daisy's dad out of prison in this hilarious middle-grade debut.

No one believes her, but Daisy Bauer knows her dad has been wrongfully imprisoned and that it's up to her to break him out of jail (aka Club Fed). She has a plan that she's calling the Graham Cracker Plot because it was all Graham's idea. She just needs a miniature horse, a getaway truck, and a penny from 1919--the idea coin.

This funny, nail-biter of a novel is about friendship and admitting you're wrong. Debut novelist Shelley Tougas balances humor and warmth against themes of family, broken trust, and unconditional love against all odds. This title has Common Core connections.

From the Back Cover

"Daisy's life is messy, out of control, and filled with many improbable characters and crazy escapades . . . Readers will find themselves rooting for Daisy and Graham and for it all to turn out all right." - Kirkus Reviews

Review Quotes

"Quite touching." --BCCB

"Twelve-year-old Daisy Bauer is in trouble - big trouble, but just how she and her friend Graham got in such a mess unfolds through Daisy's telling of the events interspersed with her letters to Judge Henry." --School Library Journal

"Readers will find themselves rooting for Daisy and Graham." --Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Shelley Tougas is an award-winning writer of nonfiction for children. Her most recent title, Little Rock Girl 1957, was a School Library Journal Best Book of 2012, Booklist Top Ten Editors' Choice, and the winner of the Arkansiana Award for best Juvenile/YA book. The Graham Cracker Plot is her first novel.