It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder

I blogged too soon! (If you're a blogger, you will probably understand the "D'oh!" quality of that statement.)

A little digging unveiled that the novel It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder will be published in March 2010 and is a middle-grade novel (geared toward 8-12-year-olds, or, in my case, 33-year-olds who sometimes want to relive their childhoods).

Via her blog, here's the cover and jacket copy:



Twelve-year-old Isabel is dying to get out of Oregon. She spends her free time in the library, reading and dreaming about faraway places. When her mom decides to open a cupcake shop in their little town of Willow, Isabel feels like buttercream frosting to a cupcake - stuck. It seems as if it will be another disappointing summer, until Isabel learns of a baking contest in New York City. If she can come up with a winning recipe, she might have a chance of competing in the bake-off!

But Isabel's best friend, Sophie, is also entering the contest, and things always seem to go Sophie's way. To make matter worse, Isabel and her mom don't exactly see eye-to-eye on the type of recipe Isabel should enter.

In this sweet treat by popular teen author Lisa Schroeder, Isabel discovers that maybe it's not about where you go in life as much as it is about enjoying the view from wherever you are.

Comments

Alexis said…
I am offended that someone would want to leave Oregon! It's the best place to be! The rainy days are perfect for enjoying warm spicy cupcakes, and the summer is perfect for enjoying cupcakes made with fresh local blackberries
benson said…
...and there is The Cupcakes Club book series geared for the tweenager--a great book to keep up summer reading!