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And one of his shady acuaintances they've set their sights on ruining Mr Crackle and the entire dessert making industry for that matter Can Emma stop their evil planFirst time author Meika Hashimoto's effervescent tale filled with funny characters and adventures will have readers checking their cupboards for mouth watering ingredients and secret portal. Would give this 0 stars if I could Didn't make it off the first page
Meika Hashimoto È 3 summary
The Magic Cake ShopWith a huge appetite for food and get rich uick schemesAlthough Emma's days revolve around cooking and cleaning there is one bright spot Her uncle's sweet tooth means she gets to visit the town bakery Mr Crackle's Cake Shop all the time This world renowned baker is as charming and kind as Uncle Simon is vile But then Emma discovers a plot by Uncle Simon. Emma Burblee is a no nonsense ten year old who lies to bake and is very weary of her incredibly vain and self involved parents Her mother and father don't eat anything but carrots have 80 step skin care routine and care about their business selling expensive hats than they do about Emma When she disappoints them at her tenth birthday party she is sent to live with her horrible Uncle Simon who is a neglectful slob The bright spot in her day is Mr Crackle and his fantastic bakery When she finds that her Uncle is in league with a villain who wants to force Mr Crackle out of business by selling substandard bakery items fortified with elixir of delight that will make them irresistible she has to find a way to stop him Strengths The cover is SO pretty Anything with cakes on the cover will get picked up and this has an overall decent Roald DahlLemony Snicket vibe to it that younger students might enjoy Weaknesses While the extremely vain parents horrible uncle and magical baker started out not being too cloying the level of whimsy got a bit much for me when sentences like Well why do't you and Albie plug in the blender and take care of the beans suid spleens legs sogs and hegs while I deal with the tree shick shack shree spizzle and tea page 125 Really This pushed it right out the middle school arena and down to elementary school for me