Sauerkraut by Kelly Jones, Paul Davey
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers on September 10, 2019
ISBN: 1524765953
Pages: 280
Genres: Fantasy, Humor
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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Hans Dieter Schenk (HD) can tell you all the ways in which people identify him.  HD considers himself a maker-inventor extraordinaire while others see him as Black, a son of a white father, Asad’s older brother, and Eli’s best friend.  What he is about to find out in this hilarious, ghost story is that he will also be the willing assistant to his great-great-great German Grandmother’s ghost who is set on making prize-winning sauerkraut in the crock that she haunts.  HD juggles his friendship with Eli while indulging his persistent Grandmother’s requests and looking after two goats.  Along with the step by step sauerkraut process, readers will learn some scientific problem solving and ways to plan a large project as HD raises money to purchase parts to create his own computer to enter in the fair.   Most suitable for readers in grades 4-6.

Reviewed by Sheila Dube, Springvale Public Library