Description
Book SynopsisThe Main Dish explores the bond of sisters and the pull of fame. It addresses what happens when the success of someone eclipses one’s own success. Scarlet Williams is a sixteen-year-old violin prodigy on the verge of a major breakthrough, both in her musical career and in her social life. She wins a chair in the Summerset Festival orchestra and doesn’t hesitate to tell the world. Even her crush, Finn O’Neal, finds out. But then her younger sister Sadie gets cast in Young Gourmet, a nationally televised kids cooking competition, and Scarlet is forced to give up her chair to go with her family for the taping. Scarlet moves from the spotlight to the shadows and must find a way to keep the attention of her new friends.
Trade Review“
The Main Dish is a delight for all of the senses. The spot-on foodie descriptions and intriguing musical references combined to create a sweet melody that lasted from page one until the final word.”
–Taylor Bennett, author of
The Tradewind Series “Victoria Kimble ranks as one of my absolute favorite YA authors. She crafts vivid stories packed with humor, heart, and those real-life gut-churning dilemmas that threaten to trample all our best-laid plans. She’s done it again with The Main Dish. Stir a little romance and some BFF blow-ups into the mix of chow and Chopin and this summer promises a recipe for disaster for Scarlet. Victoria Kimble serves up another pitch perfect novel of triumph of the soul.”
– Burton W. Cole, author of the Bash and Beamer books
“The Main Dish is a delicious taste of sibling rivalry sprinkled with teen romance as two sisters discover popularity has a price. Kimble delivers a fresh new voice to young adult fiction, offering positive role models for teens to emulate.”
– Julane Fisher, author of Sour Lemon & Sweet Tea and Sour Lemon Strikes Out
“A fresh, fun story! Readers who love Kasie West will love Victoria Kimble’s YA debut.”
– Megan Hall, author of Catch Somewhere and founder of Dauntless Grace Ministries.
