IT'S RAINING CUPCAKES By Lisa Schroeder

This book is about a girl named Isabel Browning. Her mom loves to bake, so her family buys a little apartment above a closed laundromat called "The Bleachorama". Isabel's mom Caroline dreams is to turn The Bleachorama into a cute little cupcake shop called "It's Raining Cupcakes" because it rains a lot in Isabel's little town of Willow, Oregon. But when Isabel's friend Sophie shows her a kid's bake-off in a magazine called "Baker's Best" Isabel feels like she has to enter a cupcake recipe to please her mother.

My favorite part was when Isabel was in the dollar store and sees a little passport holder. She has never been out of her town of  Willow, Oregon but know she has to buy it. When she got home, she attached some paper in the holder to make a notebook. Her first entry said "I want to go on many journeys. I want to meet interesting people and experience new things". I thought that message was very inspiring.

I would recommend this book for girls who are ages 7-15
Rating ****

Riley

EXTRA CREDIT by Andrew Clements

Abby Carson loves spending time outside and doing things she enjoys. The only bad this about her is that she’s failing sixth grade! So her teacher suggests doing and extra credit project to get her grades up! Now Abby has to write letters to another girl whose name is Amira on the other side of the world in Afghanistan. Will Abby get enough extra credit to boost up to the next grade? Or will she have to repeat the sixth grade again?   
 My favorite part is when Abby is outside after school, because she loves being outside in the woods. But her Dad calls for her to come home. She haggles with him until she gets thirty minutes of free time, but eight minutes later she comes home. This makes me proud of her since she loves to spend time outside, but she takes responsibility to come home and do her homework.   
 I would recommend this book to boys and girls ages 9-13
RATING: ****