Coco Simon

Alexis Gets Frosted Coco Simon

Brief Description: "Everyone in the Cupcake Club was thrilled when mean girl Sydney moved away, but the new girl, Olivia, is even worse than Sydney was. Every time she passes Alexis in the hallway, she says something nasty to her. And if that wasn't bad enough, she also has all the girls in the Best Friends Club making jokes about Alexis"--Amazon.com. Marc Notes: Text by Elizabeth Doyle Carey --T. p. verso.; When Sydney moves away and is replaced by newcomer Olivia, Alexis becomes the focus of hurtful teasing by the Best Friends Club and begins to wonder if an offhand remark she made when first meeting Olivia may have been taken the wrong way.; Ages 8-12. Publisher Marketing: Alexis has true friends in the Cupcake Club--which is a good thing, because everyone else is calling her names. Everyone in the Cupcake Club was thrilled when mean girl Sydney moved away, but the new girl, Olivia, is even worse than Sydney was! Every time she passes Alexis in the hallway, she says something nasty to her. And if that wasn't bad enough, she also has all the girls in the Best Friends Club making jokes about Alexis! Alexis has no idea why this is happening...until she remembers an offhand remark she made to a friend about Olivia. It wasn't meant to be mean, but did Olivia take it the wrong way? If Alexis is willing to shoulder some blame, will Olivia call off the teasing campaign?

Contributor Bio:  Simon, Coco Coco Simon always dreamed of opening a cupcake bakery, but she was 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.