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The Magic Cake Shop
Emma Burblee couldn't be more different from her parents if she tried. She'd rather dig for treasure in a park than try on the latest fashions or discuss her vain parents' favorite subject: themselves. When Emma mortifies her parents at a dinner party, her punishment is immediate. She must spend the summer with her Uncle Simon—a loathsome man with a huge appetite for food...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
October 23rd 2012
by Yearling
(first published October 25th 2011)
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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 more 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. Whe...more
Over the top characters. Almost all the adults in the story are awful except for the cake shop owner. It's just a very silly one dimensional story. Uncle Simon is a perticularly evil character and a little over the top and not sure if it is really appropriate. He is always talking about killing animals in horrible ways and alludes to beating Emma by saying she will not be able to sit for a week if she doesn't do what he wants.
May 09, 2012
Mary
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3 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
3rd-grade-booktalks,
childrens
You would think Emma Burblee has a charmed life as the only daughter of wealthy parents. But her parents are obsessed with appearances and are as shallow as you would think from that. Emma is not allowed to eat sugar or fat, and spends all her spare time reading cookbooks. After her disastrous 10th birthday party, Emma is sent to her uncle's for the summer. And that is where her adventure begins.
I didn't expect to like this but...
I liked this book from the first page! It’s humorous, smart, and quirky. Fast paced and fun to read. The characters are over-the-top, but funny and well described with lots of great detail.
The only thing I didn’t like was that the illustrations did nothing to enhance the book, but that is really not a big deal!
I would recommend this to kids ages 8-12 who are looking for a fun, well written book. Would make a great “beach read” or vacation book!
I liked this book from the first page! It’s humorous, smart, and quirky. Fast paced and fun to read. The characters are over-the-top, but funny and well described with lots of great detail.
The only thing I didn’t like was that the illustrations did nothing to enhance the book, but that is really not a big deal!
I would recommend this to kids ages 8-12 who are looking for a fun, well written book. Would make a great “beach read” or vacation book!
This book is a very change-like story, and a funny story.One of my favorite part's is when Emma (the Burbles doter)(the rich parents in the story) finds out that living with her uncle Simon (a cruel greedy man in the story) isn't SO BAD.Because there is a cake shop (the same cake shop that is on the front of the book.)that her uncle wants all of his desserts from, has a very nice owner to it, and the owners name is mr. Cracle.that is about
Apr 24, 2012
The Styling Librarian
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
kids-books
What a delicious book! I'm not so sure how I feel about the conclusion but was quite amused. Can connect with so many other cooking fantasy books. Quite creative bits throughout!
This book is as if Dahl and Wonka got together. Instead of bratty children, we have bratty adults, but the reading of it had the feel of a Dahl book.
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The best book ever! A combination of mystery, sadness, baking, adventures, fantasy, all wrapped up into a thousand layer cake, mmm, DEE-licious!
Mar 29, 2013
New Lenox
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
fantasy,
older-chapter-books
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Sep 23, 2012
Audrey
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
never-will-read-again
Sep 12, 2012
Karen Newberry
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
charlie-may-simon-pre-nominees,
read-2012
Aug 30, 2012
Center for Children's & Young Adult Literature
marked it as junior-ya-lit
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MEIKA HASHIMOTO's first baking foray was a chocolate cake. She was eight years old and, in her excitement, forgot a few key ingredients like sugar and baking powder. She also left the cake in the oven for far too long. Although it resembled a brick, her parents politely ate it and gave her very encouraging feedback. Meika's baking techniques have improved greatly since then. When she's not kneadin...more
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