About the book

Tess Medina bakes her way into friendships at her new middle school, and a spot in a baking competition. But she can’t bake her way out of the stabbing pains she calls The Knife. A new diagnosis changes her life but will it change Tess?

About the authors

Kirby Larson is the acclaimed author of many books for young people, including the 2007 Newbery Honor Book Hattie Big Sky; Dash, winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction; Duke; Liberty; Code Word Courage; Audacity Jones to the Rescue, and Audacity Jones Steals the Show, and the new Shermy and Shake chapter book series, to name a few.

Quinn Wyatt lives in Kenmore, Washington, with her two wonderful daughters, fabulous husband, and so-so dog. She loves to grow things in her garden, learn new crafting techniques, volunteer at her kids’ school, and bake yummy things (especially with chocolate). She has lived with Crohn’s for most of her life and is encouraged by all the progress that has been made over the years in the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. This is her first book.

Visit them online at gutreactionbook.com or on their Instagram accounts; @kirbylarson and @quinn.wyatt!