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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.

Worrying about her fashion prospects when she learns that she has to get both braces and glasses, Mia receives help from her stylish mom and is reassured by her Cupcake Club friends that she is still the same old Mia.

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!

Katie’s long-lost father is finally reaching out—but is she ready for the reunion? For as long as Katie can remember, it’s just been her and her mom. But that’s about to change. First her mom gets a boyfriend. And then Katie gets an email from her dad, whom she’s never met, saying he wants to get together. Katie’s not sure she’s ready for so much change in her life. With so much happening at once, Katie’s counting on her friends in the Cupcake Club to help her find the sweet side of what seems like a sticky situation.

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?

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!

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

The first four Cupcake Diaries books are available in one delicious boxed set. Yum! Enjoy the first four Cupcake Diaries stories in one delectable collection! Read all about how Katie started the Cupcake Club with her new middle-school friends Mia, Emma, and Alexis. At first Katie was nervous about beginning middle school, but she soon discovered that nothing is sweeter than starting from scratch with new friends. This collectible boxed set includes Katie and the Cupcake Cure, Mia in the Mix, Emma on Thin Icing, and Alexis and the Perfect Recipe.

The Cupcake Club questions its loyalties when Mia makes friends with a mean girl in disguise. There’s a new girl in town, and Mia tries to take her under her wing. But Olivia Allen is not so nice; as a matter of fact, she might be even meaner than Sydney Whitman! Mia’s been saving for weeks to buy a new pair of shoes, but when Olivia asks to borrow money, Mia gives it to her—only to find out Olivia spends the cash on the exact same shoes Mia has been saving up for! Plus she makes fun of the other Cupcake girls and tells Mia she shouldn’t be friends with them. Will Mia see Olivia’s true colors before she wreaks havoc on the Cupcake Club?

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.

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Already frustrated about having to babysit her younger brother, Emma is disgusted when she learns she will have to sit with him on the bus when they go to summer day camp and deal with his susceptibility to motion sickness.

This summer we have 5 new books that will fit perfectly into your summer plans! Take a look inside for excerpts from 5 books! The Great Hamster Massacre by Katie Davies Seven Sorcerers by Caro King Cupcake Diaries: Katie and the Cupcake Cure by Coco Simon You’re Invited to a Creepover: Truth or Dare by P.J. Night Cheer!: Confessions of a Wannabe Cheerleader by Zoe Evans

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.

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

When the popular girls club takes interest in Mia, she has to decide between being popular and her new cupcake club friends.