Sugar and Spice
Author: Linda Chapman
Illustrator: Kate Hindley
Book 1 in the Best Friends' Bakery series
Pages: 182
Published: 2014
Age: 8+
Eleven-year-old Hannah Hallett's life has changed. Her mum has recently remarried, and Hannah's got a new dad and twin sisters! The whole family have moved from the city to a small town so that Hannah's mum can fulfil her life-long dream of opening a bakery. But things don't start well for the new bakery, and soon Mum's too busy to spend time with Hannah the way she used to. Hannah knows she can turn the Sugar and Spice Bakery's fortunes around – all she needs to do is convince Mum she can be useful. Can Hannah use her baking talent to save the bakery, learn to live with her big new family and – most importantly – make some friends before school starts?
About the Best Friends' Bakery Series
Books in series order
- 1.Sugar and Spice(2014)
- 2.A Spoonful of Secrets(2014)
- 3.Cupcakes and Contests(2015)
- 4.Birthdays and Biscuits(2015)
Reading age: 7+ years
This series should be read in order.
Eleven-year-old Hannah Hallett is baking-mad and when her mum opens the Sugar and Spice bakery it’s like a dream come true, well, apart from Hannah having to move house and change school in the middle of Year 6. What if she doesn’t make any new friends? What if she hates her new school? And what if the bakery is a flop?
Follow Hannah as she starts her new life and makes new friends. From helping at the bakery to being on a TV show, matchmaking to fundraising, Hannah’s life always seems to contains plenty of sugar and spice!

