Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Close to Famous by Joan Bauer

9 out of 10! and one more book to go...


Cupcake Recipes from the Story!  

Another book I thought I would just have to make it through that I was thrilled to have read!  It just goes to show you, don't judge a book by its cover!!!!  

This book takes the beloved cupcake and weaves it throughout the storyline in a delicious way!  (yeah, yeah, see how I did that!)  We should look for more writers who take a simple object and center a story around it.  This might also be something that you try with your own craft.  

This story, just like every Mark Twain Nominee I have read this summer involves a character moving and adapting to a new situation and making friendships.  So I started thinking about books that aren't Mark Twain Nominees that I have read and...There are a lot of chapter books that base their story lines on moving into new situations and the people befriended as a result.  Can you take one of your stories that you are working on and drop one of the characters into a new situation and see what happens!!


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