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In this second book in the hilarious series Hungry Way, children will embark on a savory adventure, encountering animated toppings, adventurous slices, and quirky characters. Pizza Planet is a vast, cheesy world adorned with Mozzarella Mountains, the mighty Sauce Sea, and bubbling Cheese Canals, where toppings like Pepperoni Pirates and Bella Pepper live together happily. But when Penny Pineapple tries to join them, the others say she doesn't belong. Feeling sad and left out, Penny has nowhere to go. Will she find her place, or will Pizza Planet lose its cheesy magic forever?

Junior, a 300 pound musical and artistic prodigy, depends on his imagination for companionship. Buddy is used to depending on no one but himself. Homeless, he uses his wits to survive the streets. With the help of Mr. Poole, the school custodian, the two boys discover a sheltered universe of their own in the basement room. When their hiding place is discovered, and Junior loses the only place he feels safe, his imagination takes over. It will take all of Buddy’s resource to protect his friend as the realities of Junior’s world come crashing in around them both.

Priscilla lives on a planet where everything is pink. ``Pink, pink, pink!'' she cries with fright. ``Pink to the left and pink to the right!'' Priscilla dreams of seeing the world in other colors and ends up teaching the Great Queen of Pink that diversity leads to true beauty...