Enemy Pie

Author: Derek Munson https://www.bing.com/search?q=derek+munson+author&FORM=SBRS03

Publisher: Chronicle Book LLC

Date of Publication: 2000

Illustrator: Tara Callahan King https://www.bing.com/search?q=tara%20callahan%20king&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=tara%20callahan%20king&sc=2-18&sk=&cvid=3D0E14ADFD2741E791024343EDA6A25B

Genre Designation: Fiction

Lexile: AD550L

Enemy Pie

Summary: 

In the book Enemy Pie there is a young boy who believes his summer is going well until Jeremy Ross moves into the neighborhood. The young boy believes Jeremy Ross is not very nice.So the young boys dad has an idea and that is to bake an enemy pie. Before he can bake the pie his son needs to spend the day with his enemy. The young boy does just that and finds out that Jeremy Ross is not so bad after all. In the end they sit down to eat the pie and it is not disgusting like the young boy thought it is actually pretty good. The father created this to help him get to know the boy he thought was his enemy.

Target Audience: 

This book is perfect for grades 1-5. As the students get older you can have more in depth conversations about getting to know someone first before assuming they are bad. Many times what we think is happening is not the case at all. This book would help to start the discussion on perceptions.

Evaluation:

This book deals with the topic of bullying, but more than that, perception. It is important that a book with this topic teach us something. It teaches that things may not always be the way the seem. The older the child reading the book the more they will be able to evaluate the true lesson behind the story.

Reader Response Activity:

An activity that would be fun for students is to create a recipe for their own enemy pie. A real enemy pie with all the disgusting ingredients. First, they would name their pie. Next, they would create a list of ingredients. Once they have the ingredients they would write the recipe on how to make the pie. After they finish that they would draw a picture of their pie. You could then have each student share what they created.