Choice Book Report Quarter 1

Cupcake Queen

       The book I read was called the Cupcake Queen. The main character’s name was Penelope but everyone called her Penny. Penny is fourteen years old, a year older than me. Penny had just moved to a small town called Hog’s Hollow from the big New York City. She had to start at a new school. Like anyone, Penny was a little nervous and shy to a start a new year there.

       I think Penny is very talented. When Penny and her mom moved to Hog’s Hollow, they decided to open a bakery. Not just a bakery any bakery… a cupcake bakery. They named to cupcake shop the Cupcake Queen. Penny of course wanted to help out at the cupcake store. They made cupcakes of every color, shape, and size. They made them for birthdays, baby showers, and holidays such as Christmas, Fourth of July, and any other holiday or celebration you could think of. Penny had always said each cupcake would take a while to make because of how much detail she put into each and every cupcake. Penny also said she would have to make designs on the cupcakes that could be very complicated. 

                                                          

       I also think Penny is very responsible because her mom leaves her in charge of the cupcake shop a lot when she has to leave and run errands. Penny’s mom leaves her in charge of making the batter, decorating the cupcakes, and sometimes helping deliver the cupcakes. Most people at the age of fourteen wouldn’t want to or would not be capable of having the responsibility Penny has.

       Another characteristic I think Penny has is that she is very creative. I think Penny is creative because it takes a lot of creativity to put such detail on each cupcake and to think of what kind of detail or image you are going to decorate on each cupcake. Not only is Penny creative when it comes to cupcakes but she was going to enter a contest to design a float for the parade in the Hog’s Hollow annual parade. Unfortunately she didn’t win the contest but she tried and others liked her ideas.

        I thought Penny was a very responsible, creative, talented, etc. girl. She always tried to do her hardest in everything she did and even though not everyone was nice to her, she still tried to be nice to them. She was very successful in school and she was dedicated to her cupcake making. Penny was the Cupcake Queen.

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Part 2

       For my second “Choice” book entry I chose to comment on whether or not I liked or disliked the book the Cupcake Queen. I really enjoyed this book. I really enjoyed the Cupcake Queen because I could relate to the main character and because the author did a really great job at describing each point of the story and the author used excellent describing words. I also enjoyed reading this story because something was always happening whether Penny and her friend Tally were fighting or sometimes Penny would get angry if she knew one of her friends or her parents were hiding something from her. You would wonder when they were ever going to tell Penny what they had to say or if Tally and Penny were going to be friends again. I had a lot of questions throughout the story but they were all answered. The author always had you on the edge of your chair.

       I can relate to Penny in many ways. Some may include, the fact that me and Penny are both teenagers (I’m thirteen and Penny is fourteen) and we both go to a junior high. We also both take a class in school that teaches us a different language. I take Spanish and Penny takes French. Penny likes to bake just like I do. Penny makes cupcakes and I enjoy making not just cupcakes but cookies, brownies, cakes, and other desserts. I am not talented in the way Penny is- by baking cupcakes, but I play two instruments. I play the piano and the violin. I have been playing the piano for seven years now and I am on my fourth year of playing the violin.

         

      I would recommend this book to someone who likes to bake and someone who is around the age Penny is (fourteen). I also would probably recommend this book to girls but that doesn’t mean other people can’t read the Cupcake Queen. I would mainly recommend this book to girls because they talk a lot about baking which girls usually enjoy more than boys. Also it is told from a girl’s point of view. At the end and a little bit in the middle of the book Penny and her friends talk a lot about the Hog’s Hollow Queen contest, a contest a guy would not usually enter in.

       I absolutely enjoyed reading the book the Cupcake Queen!