Everything on a Waffle

Author: Polly Horvath

Title: Everything on a Waffle           

Illustrator: Polly Horvath

Genre: Chapter Book

Subgenre: Adolescence and Family

Theme: Never give up if you believe something to be true.

Primary and secondary characters: Primary- Primrose Squarp, Secondary- Miss Perfidy, Uncle Jack, Kate Bowzer

Award(s) date of publication: Newbery Award, 2001

Publishing Company: Farrar Straus and Giroux

Brief Summary and how I would use this book with students: Everything on a Waffle is a book about a girl named Primrose. Her parents are said to have been killed at sea but she believes that they are still alive. While she holds on to hope that they will soon return she is passed around to different custodianships to include Miss Perfidy and her Uncle Jack. Finally, she ends up in the custody of a lady named Kate Bowzer who works at a local restaurant that is Primrose’s favorite. The restaurant serves everything on top of a waffle. Throughout the book Primrose discovers who she is and eventually reunites with her parents. I can use this book in my classroom to talk about how important it is to never give up hope. Whether you believe that your parents are still out there or simply that you can finish your homework assignment. Believing in yourself and your ideas is very important to your overall success.