I liked it, not necessarily loved, but it was a fast read, and Ethan loves it! These young characters race toward the Picklelympics without fear or embarrassment, and they remind you of someone you knew once.maybe yourself, if only in your imagination.Īimed toward a 4th to 6th grade audience, this is another book that would be wonderful to co-read (again, I am doing this with my grandson Ethan) and embellish the voices and share opinions, especially after Aurore gives her opinion on herself and her beauty (you can just hear the conversation.'Do you think she is really as pretty as she says?' 'Yuk, no, she is stuck up!' that could make the readers co-conspirators in their own right. It is improbable, but it is funny, and there are so many twists and turns (and trains, scooters and flying things) to keep the reader interested and guessing how the story will end.Īurore is a priceless character (so full of herself.she goes on and on about how fabulous and wonderful she is, you have to smile!) and Pierre at the same age is labeled 'the cornichon - a delicacy when picked' but average. Young Pierre La Bouche sets off to a contest to win (hopefully) $100,000 in a pickle contest in Switzerland (the exact amount of money that the family needs to save the farm) while the rival Borsht family sends their secret weapon, Aurore to kidnap Pierre and steal the pickles so that they can enter and win the contest.
With a title like this, how can it fail to be a good book? It is about a family of pickle makers who are struggling to save their family home and business.
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