The Three Bakersteers

About the Book

In the car, each girl had her own expression. Mikayla’s face was as big as a balloon and as red as a tomato. Her eyes were popping out, and she sat there frozen. Sophia was breathing heavily and trying to hold herself by rocking back and forth in her seat. Olivia looked . . . dead. Her face was pale. She barely blinked, and she was frozen. Olivia’s mom smiled. “That’s good, girls! Now we won’t have to suffer a car accident.” They all continued doing what they were doing. Olivia’s mom sighed. “Peace and quiet.” What Olivia’s mom didn’t know was that the peace and quiet she was talking about wasn’t going to last long. Olivia, an eleven-year-old girl, faces a new heartbreaking event in her life that separates her and her father. Trying to be reunited, Olivia faces the struggles of learning a new skill and working hard in merely three months with the help of her two amazing friends, Sophia and Mikayla. The three girls go through a very interesting, funny, and joyful roller coaster in order to achieve this goal. So are they going to do it? Or what will happen to the girls?

About the Author

Maryanne Alhallak was born in Damascus, Syria on December 4th, 2006. She was the youngest of three children, and the child of two caring doctors, Antone Alhallak and Rania Bara. Growing up there, she had everything she could ever need, but one day, everything changed. A war happened in Syria, and she had to move to America, leaving her dad behind. She was devastated, and she was only six. She struggled trying to understand what the teacher was saying, and had trouble concentrating on her studies. But, with the help of many people, and working hard, she learned to speak, write, and love English. Maryanne hopes to be a surgeon in the future like her father while writing books hoping to make the world a better place.