Best Selling Books by Coco Simon

For as long as Katie can remember, it''s just been her and her mum. But two things happen that throw Katie into a tailspin; first, her mum gets a boyfriend and second, she gets an email from her dad, asking to meet her. It''s always been just Katie and her mum...and now there are TWO new men in her life for her to deal with! Can Katie cope with all this change? With the help and support of her best friends in the Cupcake Club, Katie might just be able to turn these new ingredients into a perfect recipe!

The Cupcake Club is thrilled to serve their sweets at a huge party—but can Alexis get over her growing pains before she sees her crush? Alexis is excited about the latest Cupcake Club job—it’s a huge order for a neighbor’s BBQ/pool party. Not only will the CC make a lot of money, but Matt—Alexis’s super crush—will be there! But when Alexis goes to the mall with her friends, suddenly nothing fits her. Clothes in her usual size are too short, but when she goes up a size, everything is too big. What’s going on? Can she find an outfit that makes her feel as awesome on the outside as she is on the inside?

Emma loses a modeling assignment—to Katie!—in the latest addition to the Cupcake Diaries series. When Emma goes on an audition for a new modeling job, Katie tags along to keep her company. But as it turns out, everyone wants Katie to model instead of Emma! At first Emma is happy for her friend. Soon though, she realizes sharing the spotlight isn’t much fun, even if it is with your BFF! Will the Cupcake girls continue to bicker amongst themselves or will they finally realize there’s just one person you need to please—yourself?

Sometimes starting from scratch turns out to be the icing on the cupcake. It''s Katie Brown''s first day at her new school and she''s already feeling miserable. Her best friend Callie has been invited to join the Popular Girls Club and Katie''s been left out in the cold. Is their an Unpopular Girls Club she can join? The only thing that makes Katie feel better is the special cupcake her mum packed for her lunch, just biting into the sweet treat stops her feeling so sad. And even better, the delicious looking cupcake attracts three other girls who are also feeling a bit lost at the new school. And as the girls'' friendship grows they decide to start their very own cupcake club - sharing and making their own special recipes!

Alexis has true friends in the Cupcake Club—which is a good thing, because everyone else is calling her names. Everyone in the Cupcake Club was thrilled when mean girl Sydney moved away, but the new girl, Olivia, is even worse than Sydney was! Every time she passes Alexis in the hallway, she says something nasty to her. And if that wasn’t bad enough, she also has all the girls in the Best Friends Club making jokes about Alexis! Alexis has no idea why this is happening...until she remembers an offhand remark she made to a friend about Olivia. It wasn’t meant to be mean, but did Olivia take it the wrong way? If Alexis is willing to shoulder some blame, will Olivia call off the teasing campaign?

When Katie''s best friend Callie leaves her for a clique called the Popular Girls Club on the first day of middle school, Katie decides to find a group that she can join.

Enjoy a sprinkle of happy with this fun, sweet series from the author of the Cupcake Diaries series! Meet the Sunday Sundae Sisters! Allie, Sierra, and Tamiko have been best friends since kindergarten. Now Allie’s parents are divorced and Allie has moved one town away. She can still see her friends but she no longer goes to the same middle school. So that means new teachers, new classrooms, and new students to deal with—all without her BFFs for support. But when Allie’s mom decides to fulfill her lifelong dream and open up an ice cream shop, Allie has an idea. Maybe she and her friends can work in the shop every Sunday! It’s a way for them to stay in touch every week and have fun—that is, of course, until they actually start working. The girls soon discover that working in an ice cream shop is more than just scooping cones and adding toppings. It’s serious work and Allie feels the pressure of having to “be the boss” around her friends. Can the girls work together every week and still remain BFFs? They can—especially when they settle their differences over an ice cream cone. Written by Coco Simon, author of the popular Cupcake Diaries series, this yummy new middle grade series for girls will have the same sweet wholesome fun both girls and parents crave. It’s sure to be another delicious hit!

Alexis Becker has to keep everyone happy so that things get done.

Katie is about to burst when the rest of the Cupcake Club entrusts her with their secrets, but this group of best friends soon realizes that sharing and keeping secrets is what friends are for.

When Emma''s little brother Jake looks after the neighbor''s dog in preparation for getting his own puppy, the pet goes missing and Emma and the rest of the girls have to find it before the owner comes home.

Ren Lu shows off her creative flair in this third book in the Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch chapter book series, the little sister series to the bestselling Cupcake Diaries. Includes black and white illustrations throughout and eye-catching glitter on the cover! From the stylish blue streak in her hair to the fun decorations she designs for the Mini Cupcake Club, Ren Lu is always looking for ways let her creative side shine bright! When Fenton Street School announces their Kindness Week, Ren has the idea to make mini cupcakes for everyone in her grade. After all, what’s kinder than a cupcake? But when someone else tries to sprinkle in their own ideas, it makes Ren feel a little sour. This is her idea, and she has it all under control…until she doesn’t. Can Ren learn how to accept some help before her plan falls flat?

Allie and Sierra struggle to run the ice cream shop on their own in this tenth delicious book in the Sprinkle Sundays series from the author of the Cupcake Diaries series and Donut Dreams series! It’s summertime and everyone wants ice cream! That’s great for business, but with Tamiko on vacation with her family in Japan, that leaves just Allie and Sierra to handle the insanely busy ice cream shop. Trying to cover Tamiko’s job on top of their own is harder than they thought it would be, and they soon start to feel overwhelmed. Tempers get short and some mean words are spoken. Soon, Allie and Sierra can barely talk to one another without fighting, much less run a business together. Can the girls make up in time to sweeten up their summer rush? Or will Tamiko return to find her business partners have banana-split?

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He loves me, he loves me not…Alexis leaves a Valentine’s Day surprise for her crush. Does he like her back? Despite objections from her Cupcake Club pals, Alexis makes a special valentine cupcake for her crush, Emma’s older brother Matt, and leaves it for him next to his computer. Alexis is secretly hoping Matt will get the hint and give her a valentine, too. But ever since Alexis left the cupcake, Matt’s been acting really uncomfortable around her. Does Matt want to be her valentine or doesn’t he? With no certain valentine in sight, Alexis ends up leaving a surprise valentine’s gift on Emma’s desk, because, after all, crushes may come and go, but BFFs are forever!

Enjoy the first book in each of the sweet middle grade series by Coco Simon—The Cupcake Diaries, Sprinkle Sundays, and Donut Dreams—all together in one delicious bind-up. In the first book of the Cupcake Diaries, Katie and the Cupcake Cure, Katie Brown is miserable when her best friend is invited to join the Popular Girls Club and Katie is left out. Is there an Unpopular Girls Club she can join? Fortunately, Katie finds her way with a great new group of friends—Mia, Emma, and Alexis—and together they form the Cupcake Club. Sometimes starting from scratch turns out to be the icing on the cupcake! In Sunday Sundaes from Sprinkle Sundays, Allie, Sierra, and Tamiko have been best friends since kindergarten. Now, Allie’s parents are divorced, and Allie has moved one town away. She can still see her friends, but she no longer goes to the same middle school. But when Allie’s mom decides to fulfill her lifelong dream and open up an ice cream shop, Allie has an idea. Maybe she and her friends can work in the shop every Sunday! The girls soon discover that working in an ice cream shop is more than just scooping cones and adding toppings. Lindsay Cooper is about to start middle school in Hole in the Middle from Donut Dreams. In her free time, she works at her family’s restaurant, The Park View, handing out the world’s most delicious donuts at the Donut Dreams counter. Her grandmother started the counter as a way to send Lindsay’s dad to college, and Lindsay wants to use her job the same way—to make her dream of going to school far away from her small town a reality. Home feels different ever since Lindsay’s mom passed away two years ago. But with her cousins Kelsey and Molly by her side, not to mention her BFF Casey, Lindsay soon discovers family and friends go a long way towards filling any hole in your heart. And life can still be as fun as a pink donut with rainbow sprinkles!

The leader of the Popular Girls Club, Sydney Whitman has moved away! Does that mean Callie will try to be friends with Katie again? Just when Katie thinks things might get back to normal, Callie announces that the Popular Girls Club is baking cupcakes for this year''s school fundraiser. Let the Cupcake Wars begin!

Science whiz Alexis is out to prove that cupcakes are healthy in the latest addition to the Cupcake Diaries series. Alexis thinks she has the perfect project to win the Science Fair—she’s going to prove that cupcakes are good for you! But all thoughts of the school competition go out the window when she spots her crush walking home with another girl. Maybe she should have whipped up a love potion instead! Meanwhile, the girls are challenged to make rock and roll cupcakes for Martine Donay’s sweet sixteen—and she is anything but sweet! Cupcakes with black icing, anyone?

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Alexis is the clear leader of the group. She''s organized, punctual, and happy to take on the stuff like scheduling, budgets, invoicing, and the things that the other girls in the CC don''t really want to do. In other words, the \"unfun\" things. One day, in a burst of feeling unappreciated, Alexis informs the Cupcake Club that she is no longer \"in charge.\" But when deadlines get missed and supplies aren''t bought, the girls realizes somebody definitely needs to be the leader. And Alexis realizes being the leader is kind of cool; as long as you know when to ask for help when you need it!

Alexis gets a taste of sibling rivalry in the latest addition to the Cupcake Diaries series. After Alexis receives a stack of “practical” birthday gifts, she decides it’s time to change her image. She wants to be more like her carefree, popular older sister, Dylan. So, she tries out for cheerleading, without really thinking about what that entails. Not only that, Dylan was a star on her cheerleading squad, so all Alexis hears is “Dylan, Dylan, Dylan!” It’s time for Alexis to stop comparing herself to her sister and find her own special talent.

Emma''s younger brother Jake has tonsillitis and makes life difficult for Emma, while the Cupcake Club girls are spoiling him with cupcakes and little gifts.

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Emma is not thrilled with always needing to rearrange her schedule to babysit her younger brother, Jake. Now Emma''s parents have broken the news that really threatens to push Emma over the edge--since Emma and Jake are going to the same day camp this summer they will take the bus together, and Emma has to sit with Jake. Which means not only can''t she sit with her friends--she has to comfort Jake who gets \"bus sick\" on a regular basis!

Casey finds inspiration in unexpected places in this eighth delicious book in the Donut Dreams series from the author of the Cupcake Diaries and Sprinkle Sundays series! Casey is planning lots of fun things to do over spring break with her BFF Lindsay. But her parents ruin her plans when they tell her she has to join them on a family trip to look at colleges with her older sister, Gabby. Casey is devastated until things take a surprising turn for the better when she runs into her summer crush, Matt! Matt is not only as smart and cute as Casey remembered, but he gives her an idea to make Donut Dreams donuts even more famous!

When Emma is successful while modeling in an advertisement, she realizes it is a lot tougher than she thought.

Tamiko slips up on social media in the eighth delicious book in the Sprinkle Sundays series from the author of the Cupcake Diaries series! Tamiko makes a snarky comment on social media meant only for her friends to see, but she accidentally posts it on the Molly’s website and it goes viral! Even though she removes the comment almost immediately, people have already taken screenshots of it and she’s labeled as one of the mean girls at school. Can Tamiko say she’s sorry and make everything right again—with a cherry on top?

Mia has just got some bad news: she needs braces. And just when she thinks things can''t get any worse...they do. Her teacher is concerned that Mia is squinting in class and a trip to the optician confirms it: she needs glasses too! Mia is miserable with her new look, but will her Cupcake Club friends manage to reassure her that glasses and braces don''t get in the way of what they really see? The same old Mia.

Everyone was thrilled when mean girl Sydney moved away, but the new girl Olivia is even worse. Everytime she passes Alexis in the hallway, she sayssomething nasty to her. Not only that, she has all the girls in the Best Friends Club make jokes about Alexis as well. Alexis has no idea what''s goingon...until she remembers an off-hand remark she made to a friend about Olivia. It wasn''t meant to be mean, but obviously Olivia took it the wrong way.Alexis is willing to admit some blame, but is Olivia willing to call off the hate campaign? It doesn''t seem likely!

Molly struggles with self-confidence in this seventh delicious book in the Donut Dreams series from the author of the Cupcake Diaries and Sprinkle Sundays series! Molly is thrilled to hear that a college scout will be coming to her big soccer game to evaluate the players. But when a player on the opposing team starts making rude comments about Molly’s soccer skills and appearance, Molly begins to lose her confidence. Now she can’t help but wonder—is the girl just trying to bring her down, or is Molly really not as good a player as she thinks?

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.

Katie Brown’s stepsister starts at a new school and discovers her own way to bake in this first book in the Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch chapter book series, the little sister series to the bestselling Cupcake Diaries. Includes black and white illustrations throughout! Emily Green has to switch to a new school while her old one is being renovated, and she’s devastated when her friends get assigned somewhere else, leaving her totally alone. When she recognizes a girl from her old school, she at least has someone to sit with at lunchtime. But just as Emily is getting comfortable, her school announces a baking contest. Emily has baked before with her stepsister, Katie Brown, who’s well-known for starting the Cupcake Club—but does Emily really want to live in Katie’s shadow? She’s feeling nervous until Katie advises her to bake cupcakes “The Emily Way,” and Emily starts to realize there’s room for two star bakers in their family!

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Katie loves to make cupcakes, but all her friends in the Cupcake Club have other interests as well, so she tries her hand at various sports and eventually makes the softball team, only to find that competition makes her too nervous to play.

Mia tries to balance two friend groups in this special deluxe paper over board edition of the second book in the Cupcake Diaries series with foil on the cover, stained edges, and a ribbon bookmark. When Mia arrives at her new school, her motto is to be open to and friendly with everyone, but everyone at Park Street School fits into a clique. When the Popular Girls Club takes an interest in Mia’s awesome fashion style and wants to recruit her, Mia has to decide between them and her great new Cupcake Club friends. It’s like choosing between her divorced mom and dad and her old house and new house. Is it always going to be Mia in the middle, or can she mix it up?

Katie Brown is miserable when her best friend joins the Popular Girls Club, but she learns that sometimes starting from scratch can be the icing on the cupcake after she finds a new group of friends and starts the Cupcake Club. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.

Katie starts to realize that doing what you love always makes the batter sweeter.

The bestselling Cupcake Diaries series is now available in graphic novel format! In this adaptation of the fourth book, Alexis struggles to fit the messiness of a crush in with her orderly lifestyle. Alexis Becker is by far the most prepared, exact, and organized Cupcake Club member, which is why she’s in charge of the business end of the club. But when she suddenly develops a major crush on Matt Taylor—her BFF Emma’s brother—things get a little disorganized. Alexis decides to figure her way around this strange new feeling the way she figures out everything else: by conducting research, collecting data, and setting a goal. Is there a perfect recipe for love? Alexis is ready to find out! Fun, bright, full-color graphic panels tell the story with the same humor and heart as the original novel.

Une bonne dose d''amitié, deux cuillerées d''humour, une pincée de problèmes, des gâteaux délicieux en pagaille et vous obtiendrez Cupcake Girls, une série à croquer ! Mia est aux anges ! Elle vient d''intégrer le tout nouveau Club Haute Couture. Elle va pouvoir partager sa passion pour la mode et même organiser un défilé ! Mais de fil en aiguille, tout se complique : les réunions tombent en même temps que celles du Cupcake Club, et Olivia est prête à tout pour lui mettre des bâtons dans les roues. Comment faire pour éviter la catastrophe ?

When Mia arrives at her new school, she has to decide between the Popular Girls Club and the Cupcake Club; but the choice makes her feel like she''s choosing between her divorced parents, and she wants to mix things up instead of being stuck in the middle. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.