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    Katie and the Cupcake War
    Katie and the Cupcake War
    Katie and the Cupcake War
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    Katie and the Cupcake War

    By Coco Simon

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    Katie finds the courage to face off with a former friend in this addition to Spotlight’s sweet treat of a tween series.

    Katie and Callie used to be best friends—until Callie ditched Katie so she could join the Popular Girls Club. And even though Katie is now very happy with her Cupcake Club friends, Callie’s mean move still bothers her. Finally, Katie finds a way to confront Callie…but it’s going to take lots of sweet-talking to repair the friendship.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon Spotlight
    Release dateAug 21, 2012
    ISBN9781442453746
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    Coco Simon

    From cupcakes to ice cream and donuts! When she’s not daydreaming about yummy snacks, Coco Simon edits children’s books and has written close to one hundred books for children, tweens, and young adults, which is a lot less than the number of cupcakes, ice cream cones, and donuts she’s eaten. She is the author of the Cupcake Diaries, the Sprinkle Sundays, and the Donut Dreams series. Her newest series is Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch. 

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    • 4/5
      A sweet story about a sweet subject...Cupcakes!. Katie is just entering middle school, but she isn't worried...her best friend, Callie will be there just like forever. Only, the thing that Katie doesn't realize is that Callie's made new friends at sleepaway camp and doesn't have much time for her. Callie joined the PGC (Popular Girls Club) with Sydney, Maggie, and Bella. Callie's new friends are mean and bullies. Fortunately, the first day of school holds some welcome surprises for Katie, too. She meets Mia, transferred from Manhattan, Alexis and Emma. The girls bond quickly with a lot of interests in common, but especially cupcakes! As the school dance and fundraiser approaches, The Cupcake Club decides to sell their delicious, one-of-a-kind sweet treats at the fair. The girls make the most money and win the contest...must to the chagrin of the PGC. Katie and the Cupcake Cure: Cupcake Diaries #1 is full of middle school angst, friendship woes, and finding your place...but, of course, everything is sweeter with a cupcake to help make everything alright.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book alot, I have so much in common with the main charactor Katie. I am going to read the series. I loved it when she met her new friends because they are very nice and they understand what she is talking about.

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    Katie and the Cupcake War - Coco Simon

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    Contents

    Chapter 1: You Are Not Going to Believe This!

    Chapter 2: What Was That All About?

    Chapter 3: This Means War!

    Chapter 4: What’s Up with Mom?

    Chapter 5: The War Begins

    Chapter 6: Think Fast, Katie!

    Chapter 7: I Can’t Believe She Did That!

    Chapter 8: A Totally Groovy Theme

    Chapter 9: Ugh! Another Poem

    Chapter 10: A Bad Day

    Chapter 11: Now I’m Confused Again

    Chapter 12: Spectacular!

    Chapter 13: Some Very Suspicious School Spirit

    Chapter 14: Big Trouble for the BFC

    Chapter 15: Believe It or Not, Things Get Worse!

    Chapter 16: Everybody’s Talking

    Chapter 17: One Mystery Is Solved

    Chapter 18: A Sweet Ending

    ‘Mia’s Boling Point’ excerpt

    A Middle School Miracle?

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    CHAPTER 1

    You Are Not Going to Believe This!

    Mia! Is it really you? I haven’t seen you in a gazillion years!" I cried, hugging my friend.

    Mia laughed. Katie, I was only gone for, like, four days, she said.

    That is four days, ninety-six hours, or five thousand, seven hundred, and sixty minutes, I said. Then I dramatically put my hand over my heart. I know, because I counted them all.

    I missed you too, Mia said. But you couldn’t have missed me too much. You were trying out new recipes with the techniques you learned at cooking camp, weren’t you?

    Yes, I told her, but it felt like you were gone forever. I almost didn’t recognize you!

    Actually, I was kidding. Mia looked pretty much the same, with her straight black hair and dark eyes. She might have gotten a little bit tanner from her long weekend at the beach. She was wearing white shorts and a white tank top with a picture of a pink cupcake on it.

    Hey, I just noticed your shirt! I said. That’s so cool!

    Mia smiled. I made it at camp. One of the counselors there was totally into fashion, and she showed me how do this computer thing where you can turn your drawing into a T-shirt design.

    I was definitely impressed. You drew that? It’s awesome.

    Thanks, Mia said. I was thinking maybe I could make T-shirts for the Cupcake Club, for when we go on jobs. You know, so we could all dress alike.

    Now it was my turn to laugh. We all like to bake cupcakes, but when it comes to fashion, the members of the Cupcake Club don’t have much in common. Well, I know we all wore matching sweatshirts when we won our first baking contest, I said. But that was a special occasion. I don’t know if you could create one T-shirt we would all be happy wearing on a semiregular basis.

    Then the doorbell rang. It was Emma and Alexis, and what they were wearing proved my point. Emma is a real girlie girl, although I don’t mean that in a bad way, it just describes Emma really well. Pink is her favorite color, and I don’t blame her, because pink looks really nice on you when you have blond hair and blue eyes like Emma does. She wore a pink sundress with tiny white flowers on it and pink flip-flops to match her dress.

    Alexis had her curly red hair pulled back in a scrunchie, and she wore a light blue tennis shirt and jean shorts with white sneakers. And I might as well tell you what I was wearing: a yellow T-shirt from my cooking camp signed by all the kids who went there, ripped jeans with iron-on patches, and bare feet, because I was in my house, after all. Oh, and I painted each of my toenails a different color when I was bored.

    Mia! I missed you! Emma cried, giving Mia a hug.

    So how was your first vacation with your mom, Eddie, and Dan? Alexis asked. Eddie and Dan are Mia’s stepdad and stepbrother, respectively.

    Pretty good, Mia replied. The beach house was nice, and we got to play a lot of volleyball. And the boardwalk food was delicious.

    That reminds me, I said. Follow me to the kitchen, guys.

    My cooking camp experience had inspired me to surprise my friends for our Cupcake Club meeting. I had covered the kitchen table with my favorite tablecloth, a yellow one with orange and red flowers with green leaves. (Mom says she needs to wear sunglasses to eat when we use it, but I love the bright colors. Plus, they reminded me of the colors of Mexico, and it matched all the food I had made.)

    Laid out on the table was a bowl of bright green guacamole, a platter of enchiladas with red sauce on top, homemade tortilla chips, a pitcher of fresh lemonade, and a plate of tiny cupcakes, each one topped with a dollop of whipped cream and sprinkled with cinnamon.

    My friends gasped, and I felt really proud.

    Katie, this looks amazingly fantastic! Mia said. Did you make all this yourself?

    I nodded. We had Mexican day in cooking camp, and I learned how to do all this stuff, I said. I pointed to the mini cupcakes. "Those are tres leches cupcakes."

    Three milks, Mia translated. "Those are sweet and delicious. My abuela makes a tres leches cake when somebody has a birthday."

    I nodded. Emma, I thought they might be good for the bridal shop.

    One of the Cupcake Club’s biggest clients is the The Special Day bridal shop. We make mini cupcakes that they give to their customers, and the only requirement is that the frosting has to be white. Emma usually helps delivers them. She has even modeled the bridesmaids dresses at the bridal shop too. (I told you she was a girlie girl.)

    They look perfect! Emma agreed. So pretty. And I bet they taste as good as they look.

    Then let’s start eating so you can find out, I suggested. I think the enchiladas are getting cold.

    Then my mom walked into the kitchen. She has brown hair, like me, but hers is curly, and today it was all messy. She looked tired, but I thought maybe it was because she had patients all morning. She’s a dentist and has to work a lot.

    Oh, girls, you’re here! she said. Alexis, how was your trip to the shore?

    Actually, Mia’s the one who went to beach, Alexis answered politely. But thanks for asking.

    Mom blushed. Sorry, girls. I’m exhausted. My head feels like it’s full of spaghetti today.

    That’s okay, Mrs. Brown, Mia said. I had a good time.

    Then the phone rang. That’s probably your grandmother, Mom said to me. Come find me if you need anything, okay?

    Shmpf, I replied. Actually, I was saying sure, but my mouth was full of guacamole.

    Alexis took a chip and dipped it in the guacamole.

    Wow, that’s really good, she remarked when she was done chewing. (Unlike me, Alexis doesn’t ever talk with her mouth full.)

    Thanks, I said. Guacamole is my new favorite food. I could eat it all day. Guacamole on pancakes, guacamole pizza for dinner . . .

    Guacamole-and-jelly sandwiches for lunch, Mia said, giggling.

    Gross! Emma squealed.

    I think I’ll stick to guacamole and chips, Alexis said matter-of-factly. Then she wiped her hands on a napkin and opened up her notebook. Alexis loves to get down to business at a Cupcake Club meeting.

    Okay. So, I was looking at our client list, she began. The only thing on our schedule this fall is our usual gig at The Special Day. We need to drum up some new business. I was thinking that we could send out a postcard to everyone who’s ever ordered cupcakes from us. You know, something like ‘Summer’s Over, and Cupcake Season Has Started.’

    I like it, I said. Emma and Mia nodded in agreement.

    That reminds me, Mia said, pointing to her shirt. "I designed this. I could

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