Any Way You Slice It

Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo #9

by Nancy E. Krulik, John and Wendy (Illustrator)

Katie offers to help the owner of her favorite pizza shop run a pizza-eating contest. But when Katie turns into Louie the chef, how will the pizzas for the contest get made? Katie's clueless! She's never cooked anything without her mom before! Illustrated by John & Wendy.

Genres: Childrens, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Humor, Fiction

80 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2003

About the author

Nancy Krulik is the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults, including three New York Times bestsellers. She is best known, however, for being the author and creator of the Katie Kazoo Switcheroo book series, which has brought her to the attention of second, third, and fourth graders nationwide.

Nancy has also written extensively for teens and is well known as a biographer of Hollywood's hottest young stars. Her knowledge of the details of celebrities lives has made her a desired guest on several entertainment shows on the E! network as well as on Extra and Access Hollywood. She can be seen there talking about the secret lives of such celebs as Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Hilary Duff, and Frankie Muniz. Nancy has also been a guest on radio broadcasts nationwide discussing the superstars she has researched over the years.

As the author of several teen and preteen advice books, including Grosset and Dunlap's Prom!: The Complete Guide to a Truly Spectacular Night, Nancy has been interviewed by several prominent magazines including Cosmo Girl, Teen, Teen People, Seventeen, and Teen Celebrity. She has also been the celebrity guest for three Teen People chat presentations. Nancy has recently begun to delve into the teen novel market, writing four romances for young adults, all of which will be published between 2004 and 2005.

Nancy currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, composer Daniel Burwasser, their two children, Amanda and Ian, and a crazed cockerspaniel named Pepper .

Reviews

[Betsy · Rating 3 out of 5]

My almost five year old loves these books. She gets so excited when "the wind" comes. Even if they're not great books in my book, the fact that she loves them makes these read-alouds a great pleasure to read.

[Sydney · Rating 5 out of 5]

katie turns into her favorite pizza chef louie. she accidentally uses cinnamon instead of pepper. they have a pizza eating contest and a teenager wins. the contest ends up on the news and all the contestants agree that the cinnamon pizza was there favorite.

[Anna Salvesen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Katie offers to help the owner of her favorite pizza place have a pizza eating contest. She turns into Louie, the pizza shop owner. And then she accidentally messes up a pizza and it becomes Louie's Special Pizza once she turns back into Katie.

[Jackie Chevalier · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this Katie Kazoo book, it’s probably one of my favorites! Her favorite pizza place is possibly shutting down so she decides to help the owner host a pizza eating competition. Who does she turn into? Read to find out..

[vampire (dipita) grul]

it about piza. she turns into a cheif.

[Camryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book

[Kayla]

i liked it.

[Kelsie Christensen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember enjoying this one a lot as a kid and the reread did not disappoint. Heartfelt story with good subsistence.

[Alexis · Rating 3 out of 5]

A middle aged pizza man stomping his feet and running off to cry is an interesting mental image.

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Katie study in third-grade with her best friend Suzanne .Kite and Suzanne going to the Mall to meet Katie's mother. Girls were allowed to walk around the mall alone, as long as they stayed close to the bookstore where Katie's mother worked. But In the mall everything went wrong with Katie and she wished to the shooting star to be anyone but herself and her wish come true...
it's interesting story to read!