When ten-year-old Emma Burblee's beautiful but snobbish parents banish her to Nummington for the summer with her loathsome Uncle Simon, she is befriended by the seemingly magical town baker, Mr. Crackle, who soon becomes a target of Simon and his associate.
year: 2011
call number/section: 1000
subjects: uncles, fiction, conduct of life, magic, bakeries