Sassy: The Dazzle Disaster Dinner Party

by Sharon M. Draper

One morning, the children of the elementary school are amazed to see a limo pull up to the school. They all watch in amazement as a young girl in a pink dress gets out of the limo and goes into the school. When Sassy gets to her first class, she sees the new girl sitting next to her desk. Miss Armstrong introduces the class to the new student, Lillian Ling, who acts very scared around the other children. While the rest of the class learns their spelling lesson, Lillian sits there reading a book. The children are very excited to learn about their new schoolmate. When it is time for lunch, Sassy stays in the classroom and lets Lillian know that she would be happy to be her friend. Sassy learns that Lillian has to move around a lot, and that she is not very happy. After lunch, Miss Armstrong tells the class about the “creative experience” assignment that she wants to class to complete. Sassy decides to focus on cooking for her “creative experience.” She wants to work on her project and help make Lillian happier, at the same time by having a dinner party. Everyone is excited to be invited to Sassy’s dinner party. Then on the Monday before the party, Lillian says she hopes to have a surprise for Sassy’s party on Saturday. Sassy works hard every night to make sure that her party will be great. Her friend, Jasmine, comes over to help her on the night before the party. Will Sassy’s dinner party be the great success that she hopes it will be? Will anything go wrong? What is Lillian’s surprise? At the end of the book, you can try out some of Sassy’s recipes from her dinner party.