The Queen's note says that she tasted her classmate's weird sandwich the first time she saw it, in kindergarten. So what makes it a good story that these older girls would disrupt the whole school after years of seeing each other eat weird sandwiches? The good part of the story is the school picnic at the end. But even that isn't original. Didn't you have a unit in elementary school in which you shared your family's favorite cultural traditions and foods? We did, and so did my sons, in WI and in NV. Barely three stars.

Selma and Lily are two best friends who find themselves in a huge fight over whose lunch is better. The fight escalates until the whole school is involved! The friends learn to look past their differences and remain friends. I thought the book does a great job at naming what each girl felt, and teaches the reader to do the same.