The Magic Cake Shop

by Meika Hashimoto

Rating: **** (4 stars)
Age group: 7+
Type: fiction

Mr. and Mrs. Burblee are perfect. No kidding. They look perfect, act perfect, even smell perfect. But their daughter, Emma, is not perfect in their eyes--she likes playing with their chauffeur, cooking, and HATES how her parents try to make her perfect. Her parents decide to send her to her Uncle Simon's. Uncle Simon is more horrible than anything Emma could have ever imagined--fat, piggish, and he makes her work all day, every day. What a relief it is that she befriends the owners of Mr. Crackle's Cake Shop! But one day a man named Maximus Beedy, who is Uncle Simon's friend and a professional poisoner, comes and tells Simon about the Elixir of Delight--a mixture that will make any food taste heavenly to anyone. And now they're threatening to take away Mr. Crackle's senses if he doesn't make it for them so they can get rich! But Mr. Crackle has a few secrets up his sleeve... can he keep his senses and stop Simon and Maximus?

This is a cool book. I like it a lot. It's very exciting. There is a lot of food descriptions in this book, but I will say that there could be more. It has a good plot. The bad guys are very bad. All in all, this is a yummy, delicious book that is also exciting!!!

PARENTAL SECTION
Sexual parts: no
Violence: no
Fighting: no
Kissing/romance: no
Pregnancy: no
Stealing: not really
Vandalizing: not really