A great book for any teen trying to gain confidence about a talent they have. Even though foster faces problems through out the book, she still never gives up. ( )

I'm having trouble remembering this book other than snippets (which is not unexpected when pulling a book from the "put this in Librarything eventually pile). It was a good story, and engaging when I was reading it, but I'm not going to reread it. I guess this one's more relevant than even when it was written in the early 2000s, because with influencer culture a kid actually could become famous for baking really good cupcakes with luck and the right personality. ( )

RGG: A feel good middle grade realistic fiction along the lines of Waiting for Normal or Gaby, Lost and Found. Bauer's twists are 6th grader Foster has ambitions to be a Food Network baker as well as a severe reading disability and her mother and she are on the run from her mother's abusive boyfriend. There is the subtlest of romantic plot lines, very appropriate to 6th grade. Reading Level: 10-12; FP: S-T.

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