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Life Is Sweet (a Graphic Novel)

by Wendy Mass

Four friends, four ambitions, one small town

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Four friends, four ambitions, one small town

Set in Brookdale in 1952, this illustrated graphic novel prequel to *The Candymakers* brings together four young friends whose goals range from entering a nationwide candy contest to making maps, performing magic, and perfecting marshmallows. Their different ambitions give the story several points of entry, while the shared thread is friendship and the way collaboration can help them pursue what matters to them. The small-town setting and the candy-making contest tie the friends’ individual dreams to a common world of invention and discovery.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Ages 9–12 interested in illustrated fiction and graphic novels.
  • Readers who enjoy stories about friendship and pursuing personal ambitions.
  • Fans of *The Candymakers* curious about its prequel.

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Friendship and collaborationDreams and ambitionCreativity and inventionCandy-making

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Book overview

Discover four best friends with big dreams--and even bigger hearts--in this fully-illustrated graphic novel prequel to The Candymakers!

It's 1952, and in the tiny town of Brookdale, the scent of sugar and springtime fills the air, adventure is only a bike ride away, and four friends--Sam, Frank, Evy, and Henry--are chasing dreams much bigger than their small town can hold.

A regular at the junkyard, Sam Sweet can find anything--except the courage to enter the first Nationwide New Candy Contest. Frank dreams of creating maps that people will want to crawl inside of. New-in-town Evy longs to dazzle with magic tricks. And Frank's little brother Henry? He just wants to make (and eat!) the fluffiest marshmallows the world has ever seen. Though their dreams are all different, these lifelong friends will learn that when they work together, they can turn the impossible into something wonderfully sweet.

Brimming with heart, humor, and the magic of true friendship, Wendy Mass's delicious tale, richly illustrated by Keiko Nishijima, is sure to inspire readers to find what they're meant to do--and the people who will help them get there.
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