{"id":15372,"date":"2026-06-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15372"},"modified":"2026-06-15T13:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:08:06","slug":"alice-eclair-spy-extraordinaire-recipe-for-trouble-by-sarah-todd-taylor-mg-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15372","title":{"rendered":"ALICE ECLAIR, SPY EXTRAORDINAIRE: Recipe For Trouble! by Sarah Todd Taylor (MG book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Code-breaking,
puzzle solving,
spy training? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she’s not making intricate creations of sugar and chocolate for Maman’s bakery, Alice follows mysterious messages through Paris – puzzles, secretive package exchanges. So much like the tasks set by her late Uncle Robert, gone for two years now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 13 year old goes undercover as a maid to retrieve microfilm from a spy and is most surprised at who she delivers it to!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aha! The spy will be traveling on the luxurious Sapphire Express to the coast, carrying documents that will endanger brave French agents if they reach their destination – Alice must find a way to be on that train\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her pastry-making skills get her on board, a chance encounter with a lively British teen girl gives her a potential ally, and she watches all the first-class passengers for clues – only a few days to figure it all out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twin dancing brothers are nervous when a fancy resort is mentioned, a glamorous woman insists that the pianist play only her sheet music, and a professor is taking mysterious notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is the spy?
Can Alice recover the papers?
Can she keep her job on the train while she tries? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Europe watches Germany with great worry in the mid-1930s, a young spy-in-training must decide who to trust and what her true mission is. Followed by A Spoonful of Spying<\/em>, A Sprinkling of Danger<\/em>, and A Dash of Daring<\/em>, as Alice’s amazing adventures continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever traveled on an overnight train?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire: Recipe for Trouble \/ Sarah Todd Taylor. Nosy Crow, 2025. [author site https:\/\/sarahtoddtaylor.com\/alice-eclair-spy-extraordinaire\/<\/a>] [publisher site https:\/\/nosycrow.us\/product\/alice-eclair-spy-extraordinaire-a-recipe-for-trouble\/<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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