In this funny and heartwarming middle-grade debut, eleven-year-old Tristan is forced to move out of the big city and to a small town where the only thing that can save him from his boredom is the greatest doughnut recipe of all time.

Tristan lives in the greatest city with the greatest food. But his life takes a turn for the worse when his parents decide to move him and his two sisters to middle-of-nowhere Petersville, a place that definitely can’t be that great since it only has one road and no restaurants.

His suspicions about his new town are confirmed when he’s tricked into believing the local general store has life-changing chocolate cream doughnuts, which the cranky owner hasn’t made in years. And so begins his quest for the only thing that will make life in Petersville okay: getting the secret recipe and bringing the doughnuts back. But Tristan will soon discover that starting a business is going to be hard work, and he may have bitten off more than he can chew…

With kid-friendly info on starting a business and delicious doughnut recipes included in the back matter, this laugh-out-loud novel is also a conversation starter for kids who are interested in entrepreneurship and baking.