Non-fiction texts are getting all of the spotlight because of common core standards and authors who choose interesting topics will get their books sold. So is the case with Chocolate: Sweet Science and Dark Secrets of the World’s Favorite Treat. Kay Frydenborg gives exceptional insight into so many aspects of chocolate. On the science side, readers will be intrigued to know how chemically perfect chocolate is as a source of food. Historically, the roots of chocolate go so far back in South American culture. Treated like money, people were killed for chocolate.

The second two-thirds of the book will most likely be enjoyed more by students as they get into the history and rivalry of commercialized chocolate producers like Cadbury, Hershey and Lindt. Different types of chocolate, new advances in chocolate and conncetions back to history round out this extremely well written book. Recommended by Junior Library Guild, Chocolate should be in most school libraries and all public libraries. Because why wouldn’t people like chocolate?