by Lisa
Papademetriou
Scholastic, 2012. 231 pgs. Fiction
Scholastic, 2012. 231 pgs. Fiction
This is the
first book in a new series for middle grade girls. Seventh grader, Hayley is a
girl whose life has begun to spin out of control. After her parent’s divorce, and the move, nothing
is the same anymore. Her best girl friend is drifting into the more popular
crowd at school and her best guy friend has begun acting weird now that the two
of them aren’t little kids anymore. Hayley finds sweet escape from all her
problems by baking gourmet cupcakes of every variety and selling them at her
Grandmother’s tearoom. The best part of this book is that whenever a specific
kind of cupcake is mentioned, the recipe is included. I must admit that I was
sorely tempted to put down the book and try baking a couple of these because
they sounded so delicious in the story. The other delightful thing about this
book is Hayley’s “confessions”.
Following a chapter, Hayley will sometimes admit that she hasn’t told
the whole truth in regards to certain aspects of the story she just told. She will then enlighten the reader with the
details she withheld. Middle grade girls will adore everything about this
fluffy light confection of a novel and will soon be clamoring for the sequel which comes out later this year.
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