책 소개

• 《 2002년 뉴베리 영예도서 》

줄거리 소개

• 폭풍우가 부는 밤 엄마와 아빠를 잃은 소녀 프림로즈. 마을 사람들은 모두 프림로즈의 부모님이 죽었다고 생각하지만, 프림로즈는 엄마와 아빠가 살아돌아올 것을 믿는다. 고아가 된 프림로즈를 맡게 된 사람은 잭 외삼촌이다. 프림로즈는 점점 더 잭 외삼촌이 좋아진다.
  
  갑자기 닥친 불행을 겪고, 하니컷 선생님, 바우저 아줌마, 퍼피디 할머니, 잭 외삼촌을 관찰하면서 프림로즈는 인생을 배우게 된다. 각 장의 끝에 이야기 속에 등장한 요리의 레시피가 들어 있다.
  

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 in the 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.

Everything on a Waffle is a 2001 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Honor Book for Fiction and Poetry and a 2002 Newbery Honor Book.