The Truth about Twinkie Pie

By Kat Yeh,

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There's something about asking for Impossible Things. For one little second, they feel Possible.

Take two sisters making it on their own: brainy twelve-year-old GiGi and junior-high-dropout-turned-hairstylist DiDi. Add a million dollars in prize money from a national cooking contest and a move from the trailer parks of South Carolinaā€¦

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"I guess my family likes to do things pretty different. Kind of weird, huh?" From the first page, I was swept up by GiGiā€™s say it like it is voice. For her entire life, her older sister, DiDi, has raised her on stories and recipes from their deceased mama. When they move to a new town, GiGi longs for a fresh startā€”something different than the study, study, study her sister insists upon. As GiGiā€™s friendships blossom, the gulf between her and DiDi widens, and I was reminded of how our impulses often lead to trouble. GiGiā€™s choices madeā€¦

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