Sprinkles and Secrets

Brief Description: Originally published in hardcover: New York: Aladdin, 2011. Brief Description: Companion book to: It's Raining Cupcakes. Brief Description: Includes an excerpt from: Frosting and friendship. Brief Description: Twelve-year-old Sophie is excited to have the opportunity to audition for a television commercial until she learns the company is Beatrice's Brownies, the biggest competitor to her best friend's family's cupcake shop. Includes recipes for chocolate treats. Publisher Marketing: Sophie has to choose between fame and friendship in this confectionary companion to It's Raining Cupcakes." Twelve-year-old Sophie has always dreamed of becoming an actress and being in front of the camera. So when she's offered an opportunity to audition for a TV commercial spot--and a chance to make her dreams come true--she's over-the-moon happy. But then she finds out what exactly she'll be advertising: the scrumptious, ever-popular brownies from Beatrice's Brownies. And there's just one problem with Beatrice's Brownies....the brand is the number one competitor to It's Raining Cupcakes, the shop owned by her best friend Isabel's family. Sophie has a tough choice to make: Follow her dreams or betray her best friend. What's a girl to do? Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2011 (EAN 9781442422636, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 10/01/2011 pg. 149 (EAN 9781442422636, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 83 (EAN 9781442422636, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Schroeder, Lisa Lisa Schroeder is the author of the teen verse novels "The Day Before"; "I Heart You, You Haunt Me" and its companion novel, "Chasing Brooklyn"; "Far from You"; and the teen prose novel "Falling for You". She is also the author of the middle grade prose novels "It's Raining Cupcakes", "Sprinkles and Secrets", and "Frosting and Friendship". She lives in Beaverton, Oregon. Find out more about Lisa and her books at LisaSchroederBooks.com or on Twitter at @Lisa_Schroeder.