Mona eventually unleashes Bob, first on the Spring Green Man, then later on an invading army. "Bob" now lives in a bucket in the bakery's basement eating the occasional rat. Mona once accidentally brought some sourdough starter to life. Big Damn Heroes: When the dough golems begin to flag, Knackering Molly summons every single dead horse in the entire city to drive back the invaders.It's pointed out that the only reason all of the story's crises have fallen to a fourteen-year-old girl to solve is because of the repeated failures of the adults in authority to handle things before it got that bad.Lord Ethan, meanwhile, is only useless because he's already got his hands full trying to hold off the impending invasion. Mona eventually decides that the Duchess is probably just not very suited to ruling, since she only got the position by having the right parents. The Duchess is aware that things are going badly in her city, but the politics are such that she is scared to try to fix it. But when an unknown figure starts killing minor magic-workers, Mona is forced to use all her skill to save herself, and her city. Mona was happy to be an apprentice baker, using her otherwise almost-useless powers to make bread rise and cookies dance. It won the 2021 Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction, as well as the Lodestar Award. A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking is a novel by T.
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