Spinach With Chocolate Sauce

by Francess Lin Lantz

Puck Rosen and his best friend Jackson are pressed into service when his parents open the Baby Bistro, a restaurant featuring gourmet food for toddlers and their parents, but when child star Sissie Rae Comstock is kidnapped while under his care, Puck and Jackson must turn detective.When Puck Rosen's parents open the Baby Bistro, a restaurant featuring gourmet food for toddlers and their parents, and child star Sissie Rae Comstock is kidnapped while under his care, Puck and his friend Jackson must turn detective.

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Francess Lin Lantz (b. August 27, 1952, Trenton, New Jersey — d. November 22, 2004, Santa Barbara, California) was an American children's librarian turned fiction writer, whose fan base was mostly preteen and teenaged girls.

For more than two decades, Lantz wrote more than 30 books, including several juvenile bestsellers. She won the American Library Association's Best Book for Young Adults award for her 1997 romance, Someone to Love. Stepsister from Planet Weird (Random House, 1996) was made into a Disney Channel television movie in 2000.

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Lantz was raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She initially aspired to become a rock musician and composer. She graduated in 1974 from Dickinson College (in Pennsylvania) and from Simmons College (in Boston) in 1975, where she earned a master's degree in library sciences.

She died in Santa Barbara, California in 2004 following a five years long battle with ovarian cancer; she was 52 years old.

Reviews

[Libby Manship · Rating 4 out of 5]

Our 12-year-old recommended this and he was right — it was a fun read! A good kids mystery with several funny parts!

[Becky Raines · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this as a kid and read it over and over again

[Bart Everson · Rating 3 out of 5]

My ten-year-old says this is her favorite book, so I had to give it a go. It's quite fun!

[Sarah Channer-smithson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was and is one of my favourite books. Ive read it like 10 or more times. I absolutely love the story even now as an adult. I like that Puck is such a daring kid and that him and his friend did anything to keep the kids happy even though they had to. But they really did try their best (and even take on a detective case) even though thats not how they wanted to spend their summer.

[Silvia · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book was a fun read. it's really good, despite the wacky title. it has some pretty sweet action at the end and is really funny...grapes with ketchup...frenchfries with maple syrup...yumyumyum, i'll never forget this book.

[Camryn Noble · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember reading this back when I was very young. I remember having the flu and reading this. I loved it even in my deluded flu-like state. I'd love to read it again to reminisce about my childhood, although I can't remember the plot...

[❦✮ Sophie ✮❦ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my favorite book in third grade, and despite the weird title, it's actually really good, even if it's on a slightly low level- I like the tie ins to food =D

[Maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked Spinach with Chocolate Sauce because it was a realistic fiction, but it was also a mystery. And I just liked the characters a lot and everything!

[Jaimi Rachelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book over and over as a kid!