A long line of Cakes

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Title:

A long line of Cakes

Author:

Wiles, Deborah, author.

Series:

Aurora County ;

Series Number:

Summary:

Aurora County, Mississippi, is only the latest stop on the Cakes' nomadic lifestyle, opening bakeries wherever they go; but Emma Alabama Lane Cake (only girl of the six Cake children) is sick of it, and determined not to form any friendships here because they will just disappear as soon as the family moves again--but Aurora County has other ideas, and so does a girl named Ruby Lavender who plans to teach Emma a thing or two about friendship.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

257 pages : map ; 22 cm

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.9 8 196041.

Accelerated Reader 4.9.

Subject Term:

Bakers -- Juvenile fiction.

Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction.

Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.

Parent and child -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Geographic Term:

Mississippi -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Scholastic Press,

Publication Date:

2018

ISBN:

9781338150490

Publication Information:

New York : Scholastic Press, 2018.

Award Note:

A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)

Call Number:

M WILES

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
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Summary

Two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles introduces us to the Cakes, a family of traveling bakers, who've just arrived in Wiles's legendary Aurora County, Mississippi.Emma Lane Cake has five brothers, four dogs, and a family that can't stay put. The Cake family travels from place to place, setting up bakeries in communities that need them. Then, just when Emma feels settled in with new friends . . . they move again.Now the Cakes have come to Aurora County, and Emma has vowed that this time she is NOT going to get attached to ANYONE or ANYTHING. Why bother, if her father's only going to uproot her again?But fate has different plans. And so does Ruby Lavender, who is going to show Emma Lane Cake a thing or two about making friendship last.

Author Notes

Deborah Wiles is the author of the picture book Freedom Summer and the novels: Love, Ruby Lavender ; The Aurora County All-Stars ; Each Little Bird That Sings , a National Book Award finalist; and A Long Line of Cakes . She is also the author of the documentary novels Countdown ; Revolution , a National Book Award Finalist; and Anthem . She has vivid memories of ducking and covering under her school desk during air raid drills at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. She also sang in the Glee Club, was a champion speller, and hated Field Day. Deborah lives in Atlanta, Georgia. You can visit her on the web at deborahwiles.com.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 4-6-The Cakes are a family of itinerant bakers, always have been; always will be. They travel from place to place to set up their bakery, then pack up to head to the next locale that needs them. All that moving is getting to 11-year-old Emma Alabama Lane Cake. She's the only daughter in the Cake clan. Her five spirited brothers have each other and an easier time making friends in all the new places than Emma, who is more circumspect. When the family rolls into Halleluia, MS, at midnight, Emma feels that there's something special about the town. Though she longs for a friend, she just can't bear the thought of adding another person to her "friend atlas," only to roll it up to leave yet again. That possible new friend happens to be Ruby Lavender. Readers need not be familiar with any of the "Aurora County" novels to fall in love with the Cakes. The residents are just as quirky, with characters like Parting Shotz and a tutu-wearing dog named Eudora Welty. There's a lot of charm here, from the lovely language and strong sense of place to the often hilarious scenes between the Cakes themselves and the adventures the nosy, gossiping residents get up to. VERDICT This charming novel of belonging is a sweet addition to most collections.-Brenda Kahn, Tenakill Middle School, Closter, NJ © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.