September 2012, Simon and Schuster
160 pages, Ebook (also in paperback)
Personal copy
Themes:
cupcakes, support of friends, figuring out your talent, bullying at
school, feeling down and not special, different types of sport at
school, team work, turning to family for support, lota of laughs,
tissues most definitely needed
Summary from Simon and Schuster
Katie's Cupcake Club friends all have
other activities besides making cupcakes. Mia and Alexis are on the
football team and Emma plays the flute. Katie sets out to find her
extracurricular niche and soon she's dribbling, passing and catching in
an effort to find the right sport for her. Sure Katie can whip up a
great cupcake but can she cook on the field too? When Katie tries out
and makes the softball team it's batter up…but instead of swinging away
she gets nervous during games. What if she makes a mistake? What if
they lose? Is this the kind of batter Katie really wants to be dealing
with? Katie starts to figure out that doing what you love always makes the batter sweeter.
Nayuleska's thoughts
As
ever the cover is rather funky (Not that I see it in all its glory on
my ebook reader), which is an accurate depiction of Katie's story. I
hated how Sydney taunted her and made her feel useless. It's dispiriting
enough when you aren't good at something that most other people can do.
Having someone constantly highlight the issue is rough. I liked the
positiv family vibes in the book, how close Katie was with her family,
the pet names they used and particularlt how they sensed something was
wrong. I cried at several points in the book because those parts were
rather heartwarming. This entire 10/10 read is inspiring - and will
probably make your wish to eat cupcakes grow!
Suggested read
Be sure to read all the books in the series which start with The Cupcake Diaries: Katy and the Cupcake Cure
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