Cupcake diaries

This first book in The Cupcake Diaries is told through the perspective of Katie Brown. We find Katie miserable on the first day of middle school. Her best friend Callie came back from camp boy-crazy and part of a whole new group of friends. When it's made clear that Callie is in the PGC (Popular Girls Club) and Katie is not invited to join, Katie suddenly feels incredibly alone. Katie realizes if she's going to survive middle school she needs...

Emma is excited when she is asked to be a junior bridesmaid, but worries that she will not be able to work enough jobs to earn the money for the dress.

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.

Emma needs a break from big-sister duty in this addition to Spotlight's treat of a tween series.
Emma is not thrilled with always having to rearrange her schedule so she can babysit her younger brother, Jake. Now Emma's parents have broken some news that really threatens to push Emma over the edge—since Emma and Jake are going to the same day camp this summer, she's expected to sit with Jake on the bus. Not only does this mean...

Katie finds the courage to face off with a former friend in this addition to Spotlight's sweet treat of a tween series.
Katie and Callie used to be best friends—until Callie ditched Katie so she could join the Popular Girls Club. And even though Katie is now very happy with her Cupcake Club friends, Callie's mean move still bothers her. Finally, Katie finds a way to confront Callie...but it's going to take lots of sweet-talking...

Emma wants to be a model, but membership in the Cupcake Club might be all the fame she needs.
The Special Day wedding salon is running an ad in the local newspaper, and they want Emma to model in the advertisement. When a local department store also wants to use Emma as a model, she's suddenly very much in demand! But after running all over New York City for auditions (and being told over and over she "just isn't right") Emma realizes being...

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...

When Emma's brother Jake gets sick and must have his tonsils taken out, he only wants Emma at his side, but Emma is afraid of hospitals and must overcome her fear to help her brother.

When Katie learns that her mother's new boyfriend is her math teacher, Jeff Green, Katie is accused of getting special treatment in class, and it's the Cupcake Club to the rescue to help Katie deal with the rumors and the changes in her life.

When Hollywood star Romaine Ford asks Emma to make cupcakes for her wedding, she needs the young baker to keep it a secret, even from the rest of the Cupcake Club.

When Katie's mom asks her to spend time with Emily, her boyfriend's daughter, Katie brings her to a meeting of the Cupcake Club and things go well, but maybe too well for Katie's liking.

After an errant throw from her brother ends up in a bruised, swelled nose for Emma, she loses her modeling job and thus, cannot afford the holiday gifts she intended to buy for her family and friends.

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.

Worried about meeting her biological father, Katie is blindsided by the news that her mother's boyfriend intends to propose to her mom.

When Emma goes for a modeling gig, Katie tags along for support, but when the agency chooses to go with Katie instead, Emma finds herself jealous.

"Katie's mom is getting married! Katie and her three best friends couldn't be happier and have so much fun pitching in with getting ready for the big day--especially with cake testing! But when Katie finds out her mom's marriage means her family has to move, suddenly the wedding isn't as joyous an occasion. What will life be like in a new home with a new family?"--Publisher's description.