Cirrus@Austlit

'Trudie Cooper can't paint portraits, solve difficult sums in her head, write riveting novels, speak six languages, or do other clever things like that. She has no special musical or sporting skills, either. But she has a secret talent. She is a cookery genius! She can whip up any dish, feed a famished family, come up with yummy flavour combinations, and create original recipes that are all her own. In The secret is out, Trudie is on a mission to save the school library. She enlists the support of a TV personality, but as events unfold her secret is also revealed .' (Publication summary)