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When Penny moves to Hog's Hollow from New York City, her life changes drastically. Penny's mom now runs a cupcake bakery, and Penny is stuck helping out. But that isn't the worst of it. Not only did she leave her friends back home, but her dad stayed behind too. And then there's Charity, resident mean girl who's out to get Penny. With all this, Penny still finds some things to like: Tally and Blake...and Marcus - the cute, quiet boy who runs on the beach every night. But just when Penny begins to accept her new life, she's forced to make a choice that will change everything.
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    12 years and up
  2. Print length
    242 pages
  3. Language
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  4. Grade level
    7 and up
  5. Lexile measure
    710L
  6. Dimensions
    8.24 x 5.54 x 0.66 inches
  7. Publication date
    May 27, 2010
  8. ISBN-10
    0142416681
  9. ISBN-13
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About the Author

Heather Hepler grew up in North Texas. She has lived in Reno, on the coast of Maine, in the interior of Alaska, and near Death Valley, but she currently is being held against her will in Tyler, Texas. She holds a Master's in Library Science from the University of North Texas and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine. She works as a reviewer for VOYA, Kirkus Reviews, Publisher’s Weekly, Library Media Connection, and The New York Times. Her first novel, Scrambled Eggs at Midnight (Dutton) is set for release in May 2006. The second, The Dream Factory (Dutton) will be released Spring 2007. Her writing has also appeared in the Southwest Review and the Cincinnati Review.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Young Readers Group; Reprint edition (May 27, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 242 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0142416681
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0142416686
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 years and up
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 710L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.24 x 5.54 x 0.66 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Heather Hepler (www.heatherhepler.com) has lived on the coast of California, the interior of Alaska, and in Central Mexico. Currently she lived in the piney woods of East Texas. She loves being so close to friends and family, but she still dreams of traveling the world someday.

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Penny and her mom move to a town where they open up Cupcake Queen. After their first event doesn't go well, it sets up Penny for quite the unfortunate times at school. This book gave me all of the high school memories and feels (and the craving for some cupcakes). High school can be rough if you get on the wrong side of the popular kids, but with the right friends you can make the best of any situation.The Cupcake Queen had me laughing, smiling, and wondering what would happen with everyone at the end. I enjoyed this book quite a bit and liked that during certain points I tried to guess what certain things meant, and almost every single time I was wrong. It was a great clean read that has me wanting to read more by the author.
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michelle
5.0 out of 5 stars great book
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2023
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This book was so amazing. It was extremely entertaining and teaches a valuable lesson about change. I highly recommend this book you to young teens.
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Barbara Bell
5.0 out of 5 stars Do you dream in the language of cupcakes?
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2010
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Heather Hepler has come out with a book for all those artists who love to decorate with frosting on a 2" circular canvas made of cake. "The Cupcake Queen" tells the story of the new bakery Penny's mom has opened, which is good news. The bakery is 300 miles from civilization as Penny knows it, which is bad news.

Our main character, Penny Lane (yes, the Beatles were involved), is horrified that her parents are apart, that she is far from everything she knows, and all the adults are silent, which is definitely not good. Oh, and do add heaping mounds of embarrassment that she was at the ruined birthday part of evil-one-all-in-pink, named Charity.

Throughout this story, Penny is unique and tries to define her sense of self. She does so with the help of her friend Tally, who "gets" her, even when Penny doesn't get herself, not to mention that Tally helps to exact a fun sense of revenge on Charity and her gang's pranks.

Then there's Marcus, a boy who survives a tragedy and holds life together for himself and his dad. He has a fabulous theory on Jolly Ranchers, as well. As Marcus puts it, "The flavor you pick says a lot about a person" and he goes on to explain:

"Grape people are artistic and like to be alone a lot.
Cherry people are nice.
Raspberry people are adventurous. Risk takers.
Watermelon people are popular.
Apple people try too hard.
Lemon people are mean. You don't want to get on the bad side of lemon person."

 Jolly Rancher Original Flavors Hard Candy, 7-Ounce Bags (Pack of 12)

In the end, Penny finds her way with this new life with its good news and its bad news all jumbled together. It's a story filled with the sweetness of cupcakes, friendship, and love.
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Mj Tarabein
4.0 out of 5 stars A Joy To Read
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2013
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I must admit that I was very excited when I heard just the title of the book, I mean, how could you possibly go wrong with cupcakes?! I loved everything in the book from the strong bonds of the characters to the writing style Heather displays in this piece. However, I do have my reasons why I rated this book as a 4 instead of a 5: To kick things off, the grammar. A few parts of the book were not exactly grammatically correct. I'm talking about punctuation more then I am about spelling. Although some were less obvious then others, that's still not an excuse for most of the chapters being kicked off with a mistake. Second, I know that Heather probably meant this to happen but the plot doesn't really go anywhere. Penny doesn't result with a better relationship with Charity, Penny's parents are still on bad terms, and she hasn't taken the next step with Marcus. Yes, I know about "cliffhangers," but it would make the book have 5x more grande of an ending.

Overall, I'd say that this book is a very good book besides the flaws I mentioned above. All I have to say is one thing; make sure you don't have a box of cupcakes next to you while reading this, because they'll be gone within a nano-second!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very very interesting
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2014
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I loved this book because it outlined all the troubles or hard times a lot of people go through, and I also rated five stars because it didn't end all fairytale- ish. Nobody kisses. But new friendships are made. And the moral of the this book is not to sugar- coat reality, because often, you just have to accept life. Even if it sucks.
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Sabrina Talia Reyes
5.0 out of 5 stars THIS BOOK IS AWESOME !!!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2013
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I loved this book soooooooooooo much and I hope there will be a sequel to this book. I will tell all my friends about it, hoping they will read it. Thank you for writing this book. It totally explains my life. I am glad how Penny would understand how hard my life is at this point, because of a girl at school.
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Sheean | The Davintagist
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written, Page turner
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2011
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This book is very nice. It focuses on a girl named Penny who moves to a small town and her mom opens up a Cupcake shop. So many things happen... its just so good that you'd finish it in one night! It is well written too.
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Lillianbug
5.0 out of 5 stars The cupcake queen
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2013
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I really enjoyed this book because it made you guess and find out. It was really sweet and it just made me warm inside. The book also made me hungry. The title has the word cupcake in it what else do you expect. I really enjoyed this book and I hope you do to!
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Tiffany Begley
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2014
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This book was extremely well written, with a lot of life lessons worked in with it. I would suggest this book to 4th grade and up.
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4.0 out of 5 stars 和み系。
Reviewed in Japan on October 13, 2009
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両親の仲が険悪になり、父親が家を出て行き、母親が突然カップケーキ専門店「Capcake Queen」をNew Yorkから遠く離れた故郷Hog's Hollowで始めると言い出し、そこで祖母と３人で生活することになるPenny。
父との別居は一時的なもので、またNew Yorkの街に戻り３人で暮らせるはずと期待する反面、両親が自分には一切何も状況を知らせない事に苛立つ。
しかも母親の店の手伝いから、友達より先に敵を作るはめに・・・が、それがきっかけとなり友達もでき、さらに気になる男の子も。
Pennyだけじゃなく、それぞれみんなが何かしら問題を抱えていて、人生は自分が思うように上手く進まないがその中で生きることを学ぶPenny。
徐々にHog's Hollowに魅了されていくPennyと、そしてそのPenny自身もHog's Hollowで暮らす人々に影響を与えていく・・・。
とても心が暖まります。
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