Synopses & Reviews
This fresh new tween series from Simon Spotlight features a group of four unique girls who are trying their best to navigate through the wild terrain that is middle school. They accidentally form the Cupcake Club, and with friends and frosting, fun ensues. Told from the perspective of one girl for each book, tween readers will relate to the character’s search to fit in and feel comfortable in her own skin.
In The Cupcake Cure, Katie Brown is miserable when her best friend is invited to join the Popular Girls Club and Katie is left out. Is there an Unpopular Girls Club she can join? Luckily, Katie finds her way with a great new group of friends—Mia, Emma, and Alexis—and together they form the Cupcake Club. Sometimes starting from scratch turns out to be the icing on the cupcake.
In In the Mix, Mia has never had a problem making friends—her motto is “more friends mean more fun!” However, not everyone at Park Street school believes in mixing in with different groups of friends. So when the members of the Popular Girls Club take an interest in Mia’s keen fashion sense and decide to recruit her for their club, Mia feels the pressure. How can she decide between new friends and old friends? Will she be able to find a sweet blend of the two?
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"This title can be read alone and will win new fans, while long-standing fans will cheer. Just Grace continues to be just delightful."
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"Harper succeeds in capturing the classroom dynamics as well as the ups and downs of the characters' emotions."
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Synopsis
This first book in andlt;iandgt;The Cupcake Diariesandlt;/iandgt; is told through the perspective of Katie Brown. We find Katie miserable on the first day of middle school. Her best friend Callie came back from camp boy-crazy and part of a whole new group of friends. When it's made clear that Callie is in the PGC (Popular Girls Club) and Katie is not invited to join, Katie suddenly feels incredibly alone. Katie realizes if sheand#8217;s going to survive middle school she needs to seriously regroup and find some new friends. But how? She bites into the cupcake her mother packed her for lunch and for a second closes her eyes. The sweet treat makes her happyand#8212;finally something goes right! Looking around her table, Katie notices the other students seeming a bit lost, as well. Which gives her an ideaand#8230;With three new friends Katie forms a club as a way to spread the cupcake love and earn some cupcake cash.
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Count on Grace to cook up a creative compromise just in time to save the day in this tenth installment of the beloved Just Grace series. It's a cupcake-themed adventure, with plenty of fun sprinkled on top.
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It's time for the school fair, and Just Grace's class has chosen a cupcake theme. But the fairand#8217;s highlight, a cupcake competition, causes quite a stir when Grace gets paired with dreadful Owen 1 and not with herand#160;best pal, Mimi. Grace is devastated. And just when she thinks things canand#8217;t get worse, her team votes down her idea to build a cupcake Eiffel Tower in favor of building Spiderman.
It's aand#160;challenging time for Grace. Will she be able to overcome her disappointment and lead her team onward?and#160;Will Graceand#8217;s team ever figure out how toand#160;make a Spiderman out of cupcakes?
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The first three Cupcake Club adventures are now available as one sweet treat of a book!andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Join Katie, Mia, Emma, and Alexis as they form the Cupcake Cluband#8212;and fast friendships. This book includes the first three stories in the Cupcake Diaries series: andlt;iandgt;Katie and the Cupcake Cureandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;Mia in the Mixandlt;/iandgt;; and andlt;iandgt;Emma on Thin Icingandlt;/iandgt;.
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About the Author
Coco Simon always dreamed of opening a cupcake bakery, but she was afraid she would eat all the profits. When she’s not daydreaming about cupcakes, Coco edits children’s books and has written close to 100 books for children, tweens, and young adults, which is a lot less than the number of cupcakes she’s eaten. Cupcake Diaries is the first time Coco has mixed her love of cupcakes with writing.