The Cupcake Queen

The Cupcake Queen

by: Heather Hepler

I really enjoyed this book! It kept me entertained with all the characters, especially with all the adults having food names.  It was a very easy read.  This book is for 10-14 year olds, and I think this would be a good one for them to add to their list of must-reads.  Penny is going through what a lot of teenagers are going through, like divorce, bullying and making new friends, but Mrs. Hepler puts a unique twist on the story.  She keeps it fun and enjoyable.

¢Penny is used to living in Manhattan, population 8.2 million, but when her parents separate, her mom takes her to Hog’s Hollow, population 5,134.  Her mom opens a bakery in Hog’s Hollow, where Penny helps, along with her grandmother.  Getting used to the small town life is hard…especially when the popular crowd has decided they don’t like the new girl.  But, there starts to be perks in this small town.  She makes a couple of new friends, finds an art studio and even a boy she keeps running into on the beach.  She begins to think that maybe she had the wrong impression of Hog’s Hollow after all. 

      Just when Penny starts to get settled into the small town life with her new friends, her parents turn her world upside down, yet again.  They are getting a divorce, and now she has to make a choice…where does she want to live?

       Will she move back with her father to The City, to the big city life she’s always    known? Or will she stay in Hog’s Hollow with her mother and live the small town life?