The New York Times Book Review
- Sarah Harrison Smith
…Sophie and her parents bring a little too much intensity to everything they do. But that manic energy makes what could be just a sweet story into something far more fun.
Publishers WeeklyDebut author Miller takes the idea of playing with one's food to another level in this sensitive but funny story about a girl's affection for a squash. When Sophie selects a butternut squash at the farmer's market, her parents assume they will be having it for dinner. Sophie, however, quashes that plan by adopting the vegetable as her new best friend and naming her Bernice ("It was just the right size to hold in her arms.
