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Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom (Cookie Chronicles, Vol. 1)

Matthew Swanson

Illustrator: Robbi Behr

Ages: 9+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf/Random House

ISBN: 978-0-593-30275-0

Keywords: humor, friendship, neighborhoods, fortune cookies

Ben's fortune cookie advises him to live each day as if it were his last. What can he cram in? Digital and hand-painted illustrations convey the ensuing manic hilarity.