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Sourdough: A Novel



by
Robin Sloan

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Macmillan
Imprint
MCD
ISBN
9780374203108

Awards and Honors
2017 Goodreads Choice Award, Best Fiction
Amazon.com Best Books of 2017, Top 20
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Adult
Los Angeles Public Library Best of 2017: Fiction
NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads
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When Lois Clary, a software engineer at a San Francisco robotics company with world-changing ambitions, comes before the jury that will decide if she can sell her homemade bread at Bay Area markets,she encounters a close-knit club with no appetite for new members.

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Language: Mild Language

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

272

Dewey

F

AR

0: points 0

Lexile

HL800L

Genre

Fiction

Scholastic Reading Counts

15

JLG Release

Dec 2017

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Praise & Reviews

Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:

Booklist*, Library Journal*, School Library Journal*

School Library Journal

Like Sloan’s debut, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, this novel twists new and old worlds together. General Dexterity, a robotics company in San Francisco, burns out its bright young employees on 12-hour shifts and feeds them a gray sludge called Slurry. Enter Lois Clary, the company’s new software engineer, fresh from Michigan, whose social life is at an all-time low. Alone each night, she cheers up when Beo, the takeout guy, delivers delicious, spicy soup from Clement Street Soup and Sourdough. He’s nicknamed her “number one customer!“ for her loyalty. But Beo and his brother, the cook, are in a hurry to leave the country, and one evening they deliver more than her order—they give her the family’s starter for their sourdough bread and urge her to carry on their tradition. Lois enters the competitive foodie world of hip San Francisco with a recipe from long ago and the means to change her life. She also gets some help from the women of the Lois Club, who offer comic relief and some sage advice. Laced with clever pop culture references, this humorous, richly plotted novel features unforgettable characters and imparts an important lesson: you can’t succeed in the modern world without respecting the old one. VERDICT Highly recommended for all YA collections.—Georgia Christgau, Middle College High School, Long Island City, NY

Praise & Reviews

School Library Journal

Like Sloan’s debut, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, this novel twists new and old worlds together. General Dexterity, a robotics company in San Francisco, burns out its bright young employees on 12-hour shifts and feeds them a gray sludge called Slurry. Enter Lois Clary, the company’s new software engineer, fresh from Michigan, whose social life is at an all-time low. Alone each night, she cheers up when Beo, the takeout guy, delivers delicious, spicy soup from Clement Street Soup and Sourdough. He’s nicknamed her “number one customer!“ for her loyalty. But Beo and his brother, the cook, are in a hurry to leave the country, and one evening they deliver more than her order—they give her the family’s starter for their sourdough bread and urge her to carry on their tradition. Lois enters the competitive foodie world of hip San Francisco with a recipe from long ago and the means to change her life. She also gets some help from the women of the Lois Club, who offer comic relief and some sage advice. Laced with clever pop culture references, this humorous, richly plotted novel features unforgettable characters and imparts an important lesson: you can’t succeed in the modern world without respecting the old one. VERDICT Highly recommended for all YA collections.—Georgia Christgau, Middle College High School, Long Island City, NY

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