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Katie and the Cupcake War

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Emma on Thin Icing

Coco Simon, Elizabeth Doyle Carey

It’s funny and you would enjoy it if you love cupcakes Hope you enjoy

Chef or BakerFemale FriendshipMiddle GradeLighthearted
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Peace, Love, and Cupcakes

Sheryl Berk, Carrie Berk

Chef or BakerFemale FriendshipMiddle GradeLighthearted
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Cake Pop Crush

Suzanne Nelson · 247 pages

"Alicia Ramirez has always loved baking. Her family owns Say It With Flour, the small bakery in town. And Ali's specialties are cake pops: delicious confections on a stick. But Ali's sweet life turns sour when a sleek coffee shop opens across the street, giving her bakery a run for its money. Worst of all, the owner's son, Dane McGuire, likes to bake, too. He's the new kid in Ali's school ... and

Chef or BakerMiddle GradeLightheartedContemporary Fiction
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Welcome to the BSC, Abby

Ann M. Martin, Nola Thacker · 127 pages

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeLightheartedContemporary Fiction
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Jessi Ramsey, Pet-sitter

Ann M. Martin · 146 pages

The Mancusis don't have any kids...but they sure have a lot of pets! So when they're desperate for a sitter, whom do they call? The Baby-sitters Club! Kristy's insulted. BSC members don't pet-sit. But Jessi's always liked animals, and she talks Kristy into letting her have the job. With snakes on the loose and sick hamsters, Jessi has plenty of pet-sitting troubles. And the Baby-sitters aren

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeLightheartedContemporary Fiction
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Savor the Moment

Nora Roberts · 397 pages

New Love takes the cake in the third novel in Nora Roberts's new Bride Quartet-in a stunning French flap edition Wedding baker Laurel McBane is surrounded by romance working at Vows wedding planning company with her best friends Parker, Emma, and Mac. But she's too low-key to appreciate all the luxuries that their clients seem to long for. What she does appreciate is a strong, intelligent man, a m

Chef or BakerFemale FriendshipLightheartedSeries
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Sugar and Spice

Lisa Papademetriou · 240 pages

Hayley, her little sister, Chloe, and their mom have finally settled into their new home above their Gran's tea shop. But things at school aren't so peachy. Hayley's former best friend, Artie, is back in the picture and getting between Hayley and her new pal Meghan. This looks like a recipe for disaster!

Chef or BakerMiddle GradeLightheartedContemporary Fiction
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Granny Torrelli Makes Soup

Sharon Creech · 141 pages

Bailey, who is usually so nice, Bailey, my neighbor, my friend, my buddy, my pal for my whole life, knowing me better than anybody, that Bailey, that Bailey I am so mad at right now, that Bailey, I hate him today.Twelve-year-old Rosie and her best friend, Bailey, don't always get along, that's true. But Granny Torrelli seems to know just how to make things right again with her interesting stories

Chef or BakerMiddle GradeFemale FriendshipContemporary Fiction
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Thirteen Plus One

Lauren Myracle · 290 pages

As Winnie and her friends count the days until the beginning of high school, they attend a summer camp where they learn about sea turtles--as well as human relationships.

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeLightheartedContemporary Fiction
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Sleepaway Girls

Jen Calonita

When Sam's best friend gets her first boyfriend, she's not ready to spend the summer listening to the two of them call each other "pookie." Sick of being a third wheel, Sam applies to be a counselor-in-training at Whispering Pines camp in the New York Catskills. But what she doesn't realize is that it's not going to be all Kumbaya sing-alongs and gooey s'mores. If Ashley, the alpha queen of Whispe

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeLightheartedContemporary Fiction
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The Clique

Lisi Harrison · 220 pages

Enter the world of the clique - where the only thing harder than getting in is staying in.

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeLightheartedContemporary Fiction
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Super Sweet 13

Helen Perelman · 149 pages

Feuding friends, favor mix-ups, and missing guests threaten to make Carly Merrin's party memorable for all the wrong reasons.

Middle GradeFemale FriendshipLightheartedContemporary Fiction
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The Popularity Papers

Amy Ignatow · 206 pages

Two best friends embark on a project to study the behavior and taste of the popular girls at their elementary school so that by the time they get to middle school they too will be in the right crowd. Novel appears in the form of a scrapbook.

Middle GradeLightheartedFemale FriendshipContemporary Fiction
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Pies & Prejudice

Heather Vogel Frederick

Four girls, and their mothers, continue their mother-daughter book club via videoconference between Massachusetts and England, reading Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," and try to put friendship before romance.

Chef or BakerMiddle GradeFemale FriendshipContemporary Fiction
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Ellen Tebbits

Beverly Cleary · 160 pages

Ellen Tebbits is a 1951 children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is Cleary's second published book, following Henry Huggins. This humorous realistic fiction story tells the adventures of young Ellen and the new girl in her school, Austine Allen.

Middle GradeFemale FriendshipLightheartedContemporary Fiction
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Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas

Louise Rennison · 183 pages

The saga of fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicolson continues as she travels to Scotland on a nightmarish family vacation, confesses her anxiety over being the girlfriend of a sex god, and tests the limits of true friendship.

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeLightheartedContemporary Fiction
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Sixsational

Meg Cabot · 238 pages

The novel that inspired the hit movie!Mia Thermopolis is pretty sure there's nothing worse than being a five-foot-nine, flat-chested freshman, who also happens to be flunking Algebra. Is she ever in for a surprise. First Mom announces that she's dating Mia's Algebra teacher. Then Dad has to go and reveal that he is the crown prince of Genovia. And guess who still doesn't have a date for the Cultur

LightheartedFemale FriendshipMiddle GradeContemporary Fiction
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How to Survive Middle School

Donna Gephart · 256 pages

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeLightheartedContemporary Fiction
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Bet Me

Jennifer Crusie · 363 pages

From the back cover: Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet. Even if he is gorgeous and successful Calvin Morrisey. Cal knows commitment is impossible, especially with a woman as cranky as Min Dobbs. Even if she does wear great shoes and keeps him on his toes. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, they

Chef or BakerFemale FriendshipLightheartedContemporary Fiction
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The Gatehouse Mystery

Julie Campbell · 272 pages

When Trixie Belden and Honey Wheeler explore an abandoned gatehouse, they discover more than dust and spiderwebs. Stuck in the dirt floor is a huge diamond! Could a ring of jewel thieves be hiding out in Sleepyside?

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeLightheartedSeries
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Mastering the Art of French Murder

Colleen Cambridge · 262 pages

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Dude Ranch

Bonnie Bryant · 133 pages

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeLightheartedSeries
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A Wonderlandiful World

Shannon Hale · 320 pages

At Ever After High, everyone is expected to sign the Storybook of Legends, pledging to follow in their fairytale parent's footsteps. But when Raven Queen came along, things became fairy, fairy confusing. Now no one's destiny is certain, not even for the most royal of them all, Apple White.When a mysterious being from Wonderland begins to infect Ever After High with a strange magic, everything goes

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeLightheartedSeries
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Death by the Dozen

Jenn McKinlay · 294 pages

When one of the judges at this year's Scottsdale Food Festival is murdered, Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura, the owners of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery, must beat a clever killer at his own game, while whipping up some delicious treats.

Chef or BakerFemale FriendshipLightheartedSeries

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