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Plot Summary of World of Pies

"Roxanne is twelve years old and mad about baseball in 1962, the year of a pie baking contest that will have a major impact on her later years. Roxanne witnesses her first glimpse of racial politics, when her mother makes an issue of a neighbor who is entering a pie that has been by her black maid under her own name. Roxanne realizes that life isn't always fair, yet readers still revisit to the tenderness of the kind of small town life where Roxanne grows into a young woman.

When Roxanne decides to pursue a summer job as a housekeeper at The Bluebonnet Motel, she imagines that she will become a respected woman. To her disappointment, she realizes that the authenticity is much less alluring. In yet another piece, the appearance of a new mailwoman in town provokes inquisitiveness, admiration, and even a schoolgirl crush.

When Roxanne's parents announce that they are going to have another child, Roxanne is ashamed and embarrassed. She decides that they are just too old to have another child!

Roxanne's family, including her new sister Joanie, is distraught by the death of Roxanne's father. It is then that Roxanne's aunt, uncle, and cousin become even more significant in her world.

Roxanne matures, leaves Annette, has her own family, and even sees her own mother get remarried. If that isn't adequate to gratify the desire of a treat of a novel, the recipes following each chapter-which include Aunt Ruthie's Cinnamon Rolls, Mabel's Angel Food Cake with Chocolate Sauce, and many more, suggest a sweet feeling that makes Annette, Texas seem nice."
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story: - grade school

Main Character
Gender - Female
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Texas

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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