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    Jeremy Bender vs. the Cupcake Cadets
    Audiobook5 hours

    Jeremy Bender vs. the Cupcake Cadets

    Written by Eric Luper

    Narrated by Lincoln Hoppe

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    When eleven-year-old Jeremy Bender does major damage to his father's prized boat, he figures he has one way to avoid being grounded for life: Fix it before Dad finds out. But even if Jeremy and his best friend, Slater, combined their allowances for a year, they still wouldn't have enough money for the cost of repairs.
    Inspiration strikes when the boys see an ad for the Windjammer Whirl. Sponsored by the Cupcake Cadets, the model sailboat race pays five hundred dollars to the winner. There's just one problem: You must be a Cadet-and a girl-to compete.

    Confident that it will be the easiest money they've ever made, Jeremy convinces Slater they should dress up like girls and infiltrate the troop. But as the boys proceed to botch everything from camping to field hockey, they realize that being a Cadet is no piece of cupcake.
    Can Jeremy and Slater earn their badges and win the money? Or will their Cupcake careers be over faster than you can say "vanilla frosting"?

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    From the Compact Disc edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateSep 13, 2011
    ISBN9780307941893
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    Jeremy Bender vs. the Cupcake Cadets
    Author

    Eric Luper

    Although Eric Luper never masqueraded as a girl to enter a competition, he did enter a lot of contests, some of which he actually won! Eric is the author of the teen novels Seth Baumgartner's Love Manifesto, Bug Boy, and Big Slick. This is his first novel for middle-grade readers. Eric lives in upstate New York with his family.

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    Reviews for Jeremy Bender vs. the Cupcake Cadets

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    • 4/5
      As posted on Outside of a Dog:When I was a kid, there was a Rodney Dangerfield movie called "Ladybugs", in which a teen boy (played by the late Jonathan Brandis) pretends to be a girl to play on an all girls' soccer team. There were cross-dressing jokes a plenty and some gender confusion when Matthew (posing as Martha) gets a crush on one of his/her teammates. For some reason, I loved this movie as a kid. I only mention this, because all the warm feelings I had for it came rushing back when I read Eric Luper's fantastically funny book, "Jeremy Bender vs. the Cupcake Cadets". I laughed at the same kind of jokes and enjoyed a similar gender bending adventure.Jeremy Bender is your average guy. A little bit geeked out boating, a little bit picked on in school, and a little bit picked on by his older sister, Ruthie. Then one day, disaster strikes when, while working on his father's prize boat, he accidentally does some damage to the engine. Rather than admit his mistake, Jeremy formulates a plan to enter the Windjammer Whirl, win the $500 prize and repair the boat before anyone's the wiser. The catch? The Windjammer Whirl is for Cupcake Cadets only, and if there's one rule in the Cupcake Cadets handbook, it's No Boys Allowed. This isn't about to stop Jeremy, however, and he convinces his best friend Slater to go along with his scheme to pose as Cupcake Cadets to win the money. A couple of skirted uniforms later, "Jenna" and "Samantha" have entered a local troupe and start causing trouble wherever they go. They can't earn badges, can't pitch a tent, and can't seem to unload the eponymous cupcakes on the local populace. What are two guys-dressed-as-girls supposed to do, especially when one Cupcake Cadet gets too close to discovering their secret?I chuckled a lot while reading "Jeremy Bender vs. the Cupcake Cadets", and not all the humor is derived from having boys in wigs and skirts parading around town. Jeremy is a naturally humorous character, and his humor is drawn from a very believable boy place. There's a lot here about the difference between boys and girls (the scenes between Jeremy and sister Ruthie are a perfect example of these, and all very, very funny), and Luper knows how to play the line, making the book relatable to both boys and girls, which is a tricky thing to do. This book is an easy recommendation for fans of Wimpy Kid (something of which I'm always in need) and funny gals like Judy Moody and Ramona. I know Luper typically writes for a young adult audience, but I'm very interested in seeing what else he's got for the middle grade crowd, because he sure knows how to play to it.
    • 4/5
      The mostly mis-adventures of Jeremy and his friend Slater as they struggle to keep out of the way of the resident bully and try to earn money to fix the latest of their mishaps! Funny without being over the top weird.
    • 3/5
      Funny--sometimes laugh out loud--and mostly successful subversion of gender stereotypes. Slapstick but not too gross out.