— Johanna Hurwitz W**&ts illustrated by KAREN DUGAN FEATURING 16 OF CRICKET'S FAVORITE RECIPES! — U.S. $16.00 CANADA$24.00 Cricket Kaufman hates to — admit it summer bores her. But when a sudden surplus ofzucchini floods the Kaufman kitchen, Cricket decides to take up cooking as a new hobby. Her first plan is to whip up a sure cure for the summertime blues: She uses the vegetables to make dessert] It's not long before her friends from Edison-Armstrong School get involved in the food-inspired fun and games. What is the strange secret ingredient in Cricket's "apple" crisp? How many cookies do the girls have to sell to earn more money than the boys collect by recycling cans? And who will triumph with the most original edible treat at the class's April Food's Day party? Fans ofJohanna Hurwitz's popular Class Clown series will gobble up these satisfying stories, plus sixteen bonus recipes that are as sweet and simple as Cricket's No-Bake Peanut Butter Balls. You don't have to be hungry to dig into this hearty helping of laughs, — surprises, and best of all just desserts! wsmm \* f JAR i 4 wad By Johanna Hurwitx The Adventures o/Ali Baba Bernstein Aldo Applesauce Aldo Ice Cream Aldo Peanut Butter Ali Baba Bernstein, Lost and Found Baseball Fever Birthday Surprises: Ten Great Stories to Unwrap Busybody Nora Class Clown Class President The Cold & Hot Winter DeDe Takes Charge! The Down <Sz Up Fall "E" Isfor Elisa Elisa in the Middle Even Stephen Ever-Clever Elisa Faraway Summer The Hot & Cold Summer HurrayforAli Baba Bernstein Hurricane Elaine The Law ofGravity A Llama in the Family Llama in the Library Make Room for Elisa Much Ado About Aldo New Neighborsfor Nora New Shoesfor Silvia Nora and Mrs. Mind-Your-Own-Business Once 1 Was a Plum Ttee Ozzie on His Own The Rabbi's Girls Rip-Roaring Russell Roz and Ozzie Russell and Elisa Russell Rides Again Russell Sprouts School's Out School Spirit Spring Break Starting School Superduper Teddy Teacher's Pet Tough-Luck Karen The Up & Down Spring A Word to the Wise: And Other Proverbs Yellow BlueJay JOHANDVA HURWITZ KAKEN DUGAN Illustrated by MORROW JUNIOR BOOKS NEW YORK Textcopyright © 1999byJohanna Hurwltz Illustrationscopyright © 1999byKaren Dugan Allrightsreserved. Nopartofthisbookmaybe reproduced or utilizedinanyformorbyanymeans, electronicormechanical, including photocopying, recording, orbyanyinformationstorageandretrieval system, withoutpermissioninwritingfrom the Publisher. Published byMorrowJunior Books adivisionofWilliam MorrowandCompany, Inc. 1350AvenueoftheAmericas, NewYork, NY 10019 www.williammorrow.com Printedin the UnitedStatesofAmerica. 13579 8642 10 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-Publication Data Hurwitz,Johanna. Thejustdessertsclub/Johanna Hurwitz. p. cm. Summary: SixthgraderCricketfindsjusttherightdesserttobakeforschool events duringtheyear. IncludesrecipesforZucchini "Apple" Crisp, No Bake Orange Balls, and MysteryIngredientChocolateCake. ISBN 0-688-16266-5 — — — [1. Desserts Fiction. 2. Baking Fiction. 3. Schools Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.H9574JU 1999 [Fie]—dc21 99-19039 CIP