description: Primrose Squarp simply knows her parents did not perish at sea during a terrible storm, but try convincing the other residents of Coal Harbour on that score. For all practical purposes, at least for the time being, Primrose is an orphan, and there's no great clamoring of prospective adopters. After realizing the impracticality of continuing to pay Miss Perfidy (a mothball-scented elderly lady) an hourly wage to baby-sit her, the town council is able to locate a relative, Uncle Jack, who reluctantly takes Primrose into his care. Primrose does warm up to living with him and in his home, despite the eerie noises resembling a hockey game that haunt her in the night. But true sanctuary can always be found at a restaurant called The Girl on the Red Swing, where everything - including lasagna - is served on a waffle, and where the proprietor, Miss Bowzer, offers a willing ear, as well as sage advice. Through a mixture of eccentric humor and probing philosophy, author Polly Horvath makes Primrose's search for peace and understanding a most memorable one.
title: Everything on a Waffle
titlecomplete: Everything on a Waffle
genres: Fiction, Family, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Humor, Chapter Books, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 11088
places: British Columbia, Canada
series: Coal Harbour
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize
publisher: Listening Library