"When Lizzie McGuire's teacher, Mr. Dig, asks all the girls in Lizzie's class to read a special book, Lizzie is skeptical. But after she begins The Orchids and Gumbo Poker Club, she's so totally inspired by the mother-daughter relationship in the story that she starts her very own club with her very own mother. Now you can read the book that Lizzie loved."--

Assigned to Lizzie McGuire as required reading during one of her school classes, The Orchids and Gumbo Poker Club finally puts into print this "lost classic," for which Lizzie fans have been fruitlessly searching since they saw Lizzie reading it during the "Mom's Best Friend" episode on Disney Channel's hit Lizzie McGuire television series. A "post-it" on the front cover of the book lets readers know this is Lizzie's personal copy. And humorous comments and doodles in the margins of the interior are all Lizzie's, too. Featuring a "scholarly" introduction, the book centers on Darcy Lou, a young woman living on the Louisiana bayou of the late 1940s, whose orchid-growing mother, Tallulah, and her mother's crew of eccentric Cajun poker-playing friends, work together like fairy godmothers to help Darcy Lou attend the lavish New Orleans ball of her dreams. A "lost classic," The Orchids and Gumbo Poker Club may not have been an Oprah Book Club selection, but it's sure to delight any Lizzie McGuire fan!

"When Lizzie McGuire's teacher, Mr. Dig, asks all the girls in Lizzie's class to read a special book, Lizzie is skeptical. But after she begins The Orchids and Gumbo Poker Club, she's so totally inspired by the mother-daughter relationship in the story that she starts her very own club with her very own mother. Now you can read the book that Lizzie loved." --

The 'Rents (Junior Novel #20): At school, Lizzie is assigned to read The Orchids and Gumbo Poker Club, which is about a mother and daughter's relationship. She loves the book and wants to get closer to her own mother. Mrs. McGuire is more than happy to spend time with Lizzie. They make pottery together and are best friends. But when Mrs. McGuire tells Lizzie things she doesn't want to know, like that her grandmother wants to leave her grandfather and that at one time Mr. McGuire had a tax mix-up, Lizzie wishes she could go back to being the kid. Can Lizzie strike the delicate balance between being her mother's friend and her daughter? Plus, Lizzie tries to make time to hang out with her dad.

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Based on the Hit Television show, the story inspired from the Lizzie McGuire television series.

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Lizzie is assigned to read a story about Darcy Lou, a young woman living on the Louisiana bayou of the late 1940s, whose mother and her eccentric poker-playing friends, work together to help Darcy Lou attend her dream ball.