Emma: Lights! Camera! Cupcakes!

Cupcake Diaries #19

by Coco Simon, Elizabeth Doyle Carey (Ghostwriter), Maryam Choudhury (Illustrator)

Emma has a supersweet, superstar secret—but can she keep it from the Cupcake Club?

Hollywood star Romaine Ford is back in town, and she needs cupcakes for her movie premiere...and her wedding! But everything is top-secret. Emma is asked to make the cupcakes, but she can’t tell the rest of the club who they are for! Romaine doesn’t want any paparazzi to ruin her wedding, and she feels the less people who know, the better. Can Emma fulfill this order without spilling the secret to her best friends?

Genres: Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Fiction, Diary

160 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2014

About the author

Coco Simon always dreamed of opening a cupcake bakery, but she’s afraid she would eat all the profits. When she’s not daydreaming about cupcakes, Coco edits children’s books and has written close to 100 books for children, tweens, and young adults, which is a lot less than the number of cupcakes she’s eaten. Cupcake Diaries is the first time Coco has mixed her love of cupcakes with writing.

Reviews

[Jocelin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series just keeps getting better and better. This series has remained dear to my heart because the girls are continually growing up and facing new challenges together. In this installment, Cupcaker Emma will have to keep a secret so earth shattering, it will almost make her burst into a million pieces. She has been asked to make cupcakes for a super secret wedding of a Hollywood star. The sad thing is, she has to keep the secret from her fellow Cupcakers: Katie, Alex, and Mia.
The story just flows and it was such a quick read. This series is so much fun to read. I can't wait to read the next one.

[Caitlyn Yeu]

dont judge these were my childhood books :) had to re read them for fun

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book!
Romaine Ford is back in town!
And she asks Emma for cupcakes!
For her Movie premiere and her... wedding!
But my favorite part is that it’s all top secret.
-Lily

[Trinity · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book! WARNING SPOILERS! The only problem I had with this book was that it didn't have too much of an exciting plot but enough to keep me interested. Celebrity Romaine Ford who knows tween Emma asks her to bake ten dozen cupcakes for her wedding on Saturday but she has to keep it a secret even from her best friends in the Cupcake Club. She is allowed to tell her mom but if word spreads further Romaine will have press at her wedding bombarding her. But she gets a call from Romaine saying Emma and her cupcake friends can bake ten dozen cupcakes for her movie premiere on Friday. They manage to get it all done but the secret kills Emma inside. Eventually the day before the Cupcakers find out and everything turns out okay. So Emma had nothing to worry about after all. I recommend this book for ages 6+. I will not reread this book.

[Kaitlyn Zambrana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great!

[irene · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Mailinh]

So so cool, one of my favorites!!!

[D.L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really cute.

[Crystal · Rating 5 out of 5]

The theme of the story is secrecy because Emma finds out there is go to be a wedding and she needs to make cupcakes plus keep it a secret....

[kaleigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

I basically say the same thing in all my reviews for the cupcake diaries, so I'll just say that I really enjoyed this one!

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Celebrity Romaine Ford entrusts Emma with details about her wedding, and hires her to make cupcakes for multiple events. Emma struggles with keeping her mouth shut to her friends, especially because she can't make 100+ cupcakes on her own.

[Tima · Rating 4 out of 5]

Emma works at a bridal store and her cupcake club also supplies the cupcakes that are served there. Her cupcake club consists of Emma and three of her friends from middle school. While working at the bridal store she meets her friend Romaine. Romaine is now famous and is getting married in town. But it is top secret and Emma can't tell her cupcake friends. Emma must find a way to bake the cupcakes for Romaine's wedding without telling her friends who they are baking them for.

Young readers will be entertained by the drama and tension in the novel. The author puts emphasis on the importance of keeping secrets and doing your best at any job. The emotions and conflicts between friends are situations that children will encounter in life and will be able to relate to. Girls will love the fashion, girl power, and friendships that are woven into the story. The author has written an engaging book that will make reading fun.

I received this book free of charge from Children's Lit in exchange for my honest review.

[Ellista Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book in this series is told in the perspective of Emma, as she is supposed to keep a secret of her baking cupcakes for a famous actress Romaine Ford.
ATOS: 4.8
Lex: 1010L
Trait: Voice

[Hui Lim · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book because it is still talking about Emma! This story is more exciting than the other chapters.

This book is talking about a fourth grader girl named Emma. She was invited from a very important event, which a star named Romaine Ford's wedding! She was so excited to tell her friends but it was her own secret that she can't spill out the secret to her friends. She was hired to make the cupcakes for Romaine. At last, she did told the secret to her friends but they helped Emma to make the best cupcake for Romaine!

I recommended the book to girls that is in the age of primary school. It will be fun as you read along.....

[Monique · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing has started to get on my nerves. It is purposely dumbed down when it does not need to be. "I can't believe it!" I cried. "It's torturous! Irritating! Humiliating! Embarrassing!" I said.

Kids are smarter then some of these authors think they are. They also appreciate well written books with content age-appropriate:/

[Christine Grant · Rating 3 out of 5]

This entry is not my favorite in the series. It took me several stops and starts before I was able to get into it. Overall, I liked the book but, I didn't love it.

[Lana · Rating 5 out of 5]

love it!

[Caitlin Burks · Rating 3 out of 5]

fgg

[Jasmine · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was so amazing she got to model for a famous actress for her wedding and had to keep a secret.