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Jeremy Bender vs. the Cupcake Cadets
by
Eric Luper
When eleven-year-old Jeremy Bender does major damage to his father's prized boat, he figures he has one way to avoid being grounded for life: Fix it before Dad finds out. But even if Jeremy and his best friend, Slater, combined their allowances for a year, they still wouldn't have enough money for the cost of repairs.
Inspiration strikes when the boys see an ad for the Wind...more
Inspiration strikes when the boys see an ad for the Wind...more
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published
May 3rd 2011
by Balzer + Bray
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A "sweet" book about determination, misconceptions and a little vanilla frosting.
Jeremy Bender loves boats. One day while trying to spruce up his dad's boat, he and his friend Slater accidentally ruin the engine. Too scared to tell his father, Jeremy decides to try to win $500 by joining The Cupcake Cadets and winning the $500 in the Windjammer Whirl. There is only one problem. The cadets are a girls-only organization. So the boys decide to dress up pretending to be Jenna and Samantha, two new...more
Jeremy Bender loves boats. One day while trying to spruce up his dad's boat, he and his friend Slater accidentally ruin the engine. Too scared to tell his father, Jeremy decides to try to win $500 by joining The Cupcake Cadets and winning the $500 in the Windjammer Whirl. There is only one problem. The cadets are a girls-only organization. So the boys decide to dress up pretending to be Jenna and Samantha, two new...more
Reading Level: Grade 4-6
Jeremy Bender wants, wants, wants to drive his father's boat...the one he is not allowed to touch. Jeremy has been secretly working on the engine of the boat, an antique Chris-Craft, sure that once his father discovers the boat all ready to run in the spring he will let Jeremy take it out on the lake by himself.
Disaster strikes when a grape soda spill and an accidental green paint spray (his pal Slater's fault) ruins the engine. The boys have to raise $470 so they can sec...more
Jeremy Bender wants, wants, wants to drive his father's boat...the one he is not allowed to touch. Jeremy has been secretly working on the engine of the boat, an antique Chris-Craft, sure that once his father discovers the boat all ready to run in the spring he will let Jeremy take it out on the lake by himself.
Disaster strikes when a grape soda spill and an accidental green paint spray (his pal Slater's fault) ruins the engine. The boys have to raise $470 so they can sec...more
Jeremy and his friend Slater are typical 6th graders. They have their likes (working with Jeremy's dad's vintage boat) and their dislikes (Paul, the school bully), and are trying to survive the best they can. When they accidentally damage the boat, they try to find a way to come up with the money for repairs. Happening upon a sign for a model boat race, they figure that they are sure to win the $500, but there is one catch-- they have to become Cupcake Cadets in order to do it. They come up with...more
My favorite sister-in-law just sent me a joke today about a guy needing a brain transplant. The doctors want $2000 for a man's brain and $200 for a woman's. Why?
Because you pay more for something that hasn't been used :D
I bring this up because Jeremy Bender and his pal Slater think it will be a cinch to dress up in drag and join the "Cupcake Cadets". They need the $500 prize money from a Cadet contest to pay for damage they've done to Jeremy's dad's prized boat. Fool the girls? Beat them at the...more
Because you pay more for something that hasn't been used :D
I bring this up because Jeremy Bender and his pal Slater think it will be a cinch to dress up in drag and join the "Cupcake Cadets". They need the $500 prize money from a Cadet contest to pay for damage they've done to Jeremy's dad's prized boat. Fool the girls? Beat them at the...more
I was planning to just glance at this, but could not help reading "just one more chapter" to find out what would happen to these two guys.
REALLY funny--laugh-out-loud-and-read-parts-to-other-people funny. Jeremy messes up the engine of his dad's beloved Chris-Craft boat by spilling soda and paint on it. He and his best friend Slater decide that their only chance of earning the money is winning a lame balsa-wood boat race("The Windjammer Whirl")--but they have to be Cupcake Cadets (read Girls Sco...more
REALLY funny--laugh-out-loud-and-read-parts-to-other-people funny. Jeremy messes up the engine of his dad's beloved Chris-Craft boat by spilling soda and paint on it. He and his best friend Slater decide that their only chance of earning the money is winning a lame balsa-wood boat race("The Windjammer Whirl")--but they have to be Cupcake Cadets (read Girls Sco...more
Jeremy Bender is of the same ilk as Greg Heffley – these are boys who engage in activities not exactly for the glory of self improvement or to challenge themselves for but mostly for their own misguided goals. If they should do good turns while trying to win the tween rat race well then, all the better, but those are mostly inconsequential to the higher calling of saving face and trying to impress one’s buddies. Jeremy only wants to be able to show his dad that he can drive the motor boat on the...more
Have you ever broken something that wasn't yours and quickly tried to figure out how to fix it or replace it? Well then, you can connect with Jeremy Bender. Eric Luper's book Jeremy Bender vs. the Cupcake Cadets will keep you laughing throughout this wonderful story.
Jeremy and Slater(Jeremy's best friend) spill all kinds of liquid in Jeremy's dad's antique boat engine. In order to fix their mess up before dad finds out, they need a way to raise/win/find $450.00. The problem will be solved once t...more
Jeremy and Slater(Jeremy's best friend) spill all kinds of liquid in Jeremy's dad's antique boat engine. In order to fix their mess up before dad finds out, they need a way to raise/win/find $450.00. The problem will be solved once t...more
We listened to this one, and it was pretty good. Jeremy is a likable boy, funny and quite resourceful in finding a way to raise money covertly. I enjoyed the interaction between him and his family and friends, it was realistic without dwelling on the negative. But, it moved a little slow. The author spends a little too long hashing and rehashing certain elements.
(Example: Jeremy and his friend come up with a clever plan to raise some money. The plan is unorthodox, to put it mildly. Jeremy's fri...more
(Example: Jeremy and his friend come up with a clever plan to raise some money. The plan is unorthodox, to put it mildly. Jeremy's fri...more
Very funny
When Jeremy Bender damaged his father's boat, he knows he has to fix it before his dad finds out. Jeremy and his friend, Slater, realize that they cannot raise enough money to fix the near $500 repair.
At the Library they notice a poster sponsored by the Cupcake Cadets for a model sailboat race that pays the winner $500. A slight problem - must be a girl and a member of the Cupcake Cadets.
Jeremy convinces Slater they should dress up like girls in his sister's old uniforms and join the...more
When Jeremy Bender damaged his father's boat, he knows he has to fix it before his dad finds out. Jeremy and his friend, Slater, realize that they cannot raise enough money to fix the near $500 repair.
At the Library they notice a poster sponsored by the Cupcake Cadets for a model sailboat race that pays the winner $500. A slight problem - must be a girl and a member of the Cupcake Cadets.
Jeremy convinces Slater they should dress up like girls in his sister's old uniforms and join the...more
I like the comparison of this book to Lucy and Ethel, or Bosom Buddies (many of you may be too young to remember those). The book manages to combine humor, a few lessons without being preachy, and even a bit of science. (And a cool librarian, with a slam at reference librarians, though). Other than having to suspend a bit of believability (really, virtually no one could tell they were boys over a period of months?), it was a fun book. I had to re-read the chapter with Jeremy's sister calling him...more
As posted on Outside of a Dog:
When I was a kid, there was a Rodney Dangerfield movie called Ladybugs, in which a teen boy (played by the late Jonathan Brandis) pretends to be a girl to play on an all girls' soccer team. There were cross-dressing jokes a plenty and some gender confusion when Matthew (posing as Martha) gets a crush on one of his/her teammates. For some reason, I loved this movie as a kid. I only mention this, because all the warm feelings I had for it came rushing back when I read...more
When I was a kid, there was a Rodney Dangerfield movie called Ladybugs, in which a teen boy (played by the late Jonathan Brandis) pretends to be a girl to play on an all girls' soccer team. There were cross-dressing jokes a plenty and some gender confusion when Matthew (posing as Martha) gets a crush on one of his/her teammates. For some reason, I loved this movie as a kid. I only mention this, because all the warm feelings I had for it came rushing back when I read...more
When I read this, I couldn't stop myself from comparing Jeremy & his buddy Slater to Lucy & Ethel (I LOVE LUCY). After damaging his father's boat, Jeremy has to come up with an idea to raise some money fast. He talks his friend Slater into dressing up as a girl and joining the Cupcake Cadets and entering their annual Windjammer Whirl for a chance to win $500. Like with Lucy & Ethel, Jeremy's plans nearly never turn out as he expects which makes for quite a few mistakes and laughs and...more
Okay guys, how hard can it be to beat a bunch of girls at a model boat race? And the top prize is $500. Easy money. Or so Jeremy and his best friend, Slater, think. Besides they really, really need the cash. The prize money will be enough to fix Jeremy's dad's boat without him ever knowing the engine was accidentally covered in spray paint. Winning should be a piece of cake. Or more accurately, a cupcake, since the Windjammer Whirl is a Cupcake Cadets contest, and open to members only. So Jeremy...more
Love this book. Jeremy and his friend Slater decide to join the Cupcake Cadets to try and win an annual race that has a winning prize of $500. Jeremy has just destroyed his dad's boat and the prize money would cover the cost to fix it. The only hitch, they need to dress up like girls to join the Cadets. Boys and girls alike will love to follow Jeremy's journey and see how everything turns out.
It starts with a funny premise: two boys, needing cash to fix a boat that they weren't supposed to be touching, masquerade as girls in a Girl-Scout-like troop to enter that club's contest. Unfortunately, the characters weren't very distinct, and the conclusion was much too easy. A fun read, but it could have been stronger.
What happens when two middle school guys disguise themselves as girls so they can infiltrate the Cupcake Cadets and compete in the all-girls group's annual sailboat race? Eric Luper's first foray into the middle grade genre is fast-paced and hysterical. Due out in May 2011, this one will appeal to boys and girls alike.
A hysterical gender bending adventure! Jeremy and Slater, disguised as Jenna and Samantha, join the Cupcake Cadets in order to win the annual Windjammer Jam. See, they need the prize money so they can repair the damage they did to Jeremy's Dad's boat. Turns out that clumsy and accident-prone are their middle names. Prepare to laugh a lot!
2 6th grade boys make a mess of a boat and get the brilliant idea to enter a contest building and racing a model boat. The big problem is that you have to be a girl. So they decide the $500 prize is worth it.
They muddle things up over and over but learn a lot of good lessons along the way!
They muddle things up over and over but learn a lot of good lessons along the way!
A; Junior fiction fantasy about 2 boys who scheme a plan to win $$ for repairs they caused on a parent's prized boat. The plan it to join the Cupcake Cadets, an all girl club, and win their Windjammer Whirl competition. The boys learn it's not all vanilla frosting and girls are tough.
Such a cute book. This would be a great story for either boys or girls to read. Fun shenanigans and, of course, lessons.
Jeremy and Slater go undercover as Cupcake Cadets to enter the Windjammer Whirl and win the prize money to fix Jeremy's dad's boat. Hilarious.
Jeremy and Slater go undercover as Cupcake Cadets to enter the Windjammer Whirl and win the prize money to fix Jeremy's dad's boat. Hilarious.
The mostly mis-adventures of Jeremy and his friend Slater as they struggle to keep out of the way of the resident bully and try to earn money to fix the latest of their mishaps! Funny without being over the top weird.
I would recommend this book to readers who enjoyed The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander or Liar Liar and Flat Broke by Gary Paulsen. All are about boys looking to make money, and all deal with friendships among adolescent boys. It's also a good one to recommend to girls, particularly girl scouts, who will undoubtedly get a kick out of the idea of boys trying to secretly join their troop.
Read my full review on my blog: http://sharingsoda.blogspot.com/2011/...
Read my full review on my blog: http://sharingsoda.blogspot.com/2011/...
A fun boy-dresses-as-girl book. On the Maine Student Book Award list.
That is one of my top 20 books I loved it and the author shows a good idea
What a fun read. This is not a deep book but it made me laugh aloud. I think it will appeal to so many kids.
Pure fun, I can't count the number of times I laughed out loud. Loved it.
Sep 20, 2011
Kate Hastings
marked it as to-read
recommended best books for boys, mid-grade mystery
Scored this ARC! Finally read it! I think this will be a hit with MG students when it comes out next year. I am booktalking it up with my students.
An all right book for kids, good for some laughs.
I rolled my eyes a lot while reading this book.
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May 31, 2012 04:07am