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book. Wilma Sue is an orphan who just wants a forever home, She thinks no one wants her, She hasn't really been accepted in any of her foster homes but hopes this time is different, As you read about her time with these two sisters your heart cries out for this child and you hope this is her forever home.
Cake: Love, chickens, and a taste of peculiar
By Joyce Magnin
Age:tween

Really cute.
Wilma Sue is a foster child who has been bounced around a few homes, She is given one last chance with two elderly sisters who have returned to state side having been on the mission field most of their life.
Naomi, one of the sisters, bakes “special” cakes for people in their village who need spiritual help, Wilma Sue tries to find out what she puts in the cakes to make them act special, Wilma Sue tries to befriend Penny whose mother works all day and isnt around much, But Penny is a mean child and lies a lot, getting Wilma Sue into some trouble, Again a great read for young to tween girls,
What a fun middlegrade book about love, hope, and forgiveness! I heard it was a cross between Mrs.
PiggleWiggle and Mary Poppins, but I also detected a teaspoon of Ramona Quimby, a hint of Annie and maybe a tiny dash of Laura Ingalls Wilder.


I enjoyed the main character Wilma Sue, just as I loved Ramona Quimby as a child.
Wilma Sue wants to do the right thing, wants to help people, and wants to find out how the sisters make their seemingly magical cakes.
But her attempts at good deeds and circumstances keep backfiring on her, I could identify with her and would have commiserated with her as a child, I, too, would often try to do something good and wind up in a mess,

I'd recommend this one, Very fun. And now I really want to eat some

cake, . . E There's something about middle grade fantasy books that adds more than just fun and adventure, In Cake, Wilma Sue has been bounced from one foster home to another and ends up with two odd women who live together and love to bake cakes.
Lately, I've seen this trend with older women possessing magic that take in young girls or boys and open their eyes to healing and joy.
Or maybe I'm just picking up such books randomly, who knows, I must say, Cake really surprised me, I love the characters and the different cakes that heal people differently,

Wilma Sue herself is a bit of a jaded young girl, finding any excuse as to why these two women would possibly want her around.
She thinks she has it all figured out when she has to help take care of the chickens in the back of their house.
Beyond that she finds a young girl who seems to want to be her friend and then ends up slugging her or calling her names.
Wilma Sue has to go beyond her own problems to see if she can make a friend in young Penny and finds she is not the only one with a tough life.


I love the way that cake heals ailments in this book and the different types of cake the sisters would bake.
Wilma Sue catches on quickly to what the sisters are doing and insists on a cake for Penny's mother, but they are not yet ready to make it.
I really loved Wilma Sue's voice and the way she transforms throughout the book,

Final Verdict: Cake is a beautiful book about family, healing and learning what kindness really is and how to show it.
What the actual frex I mean, it starts out kind of nice, with likeable characters if a strong implication that only people who go to church and like Jesus are nice and kind, grr, but the moral of the book seems to be that the way to deal with a bully, and Penny in the story is a bully, make no mistake, is to love them anyway and try to be their friend and then they'll eventually learn to be a good person.
Argh.

There are extenuating circumstances, but seriously, the second time Penny hit Wilma Sue with a Barbie and let's not talk about the fact that it was a horrible stereotype Hiawatha Barbie Wilma Sue should have been told to stay away from her.


This book is not OK and I would not recommend it to anyone, Loved this book! It was so much fun! When orphan, Wilma Sue, ends up with two elderly sisters who served as missionaries in Africa, she worries that this is just one more temporary stop in her life of change.
What do they want of her Do they want her to work around the house Are they going to send her back if she's not perfect Then there's the girl next door who seems alternately friendly then dangerously antagonistic.
How does Wilma Sue fit in She helps bake the cakes that one sister delivers to neighbors and that seem to have magical qualities.
Is there a special ingredient Wilma Sue has more questions than answers, This is a book with a strong Christian foundation, but elements of "Mrs, PiggleWiggle" magic. Readers will root for Wilma Sue, hoping she's finally found a true home, A quirky story with characters with fanciful names like Ruth and Naomi Beedlemeyer retired missionairies to Africa Penelope Pigsworthy, Margaret Snipplesmith, Hortense Quill and Ramona Von Tickle and magical cakes that release birds and fireworks and make people feel better.


Wilma Sue is an orphan whose new foster home placement is with the Beedlemeyer sisters, who raise chickens, bake cakes and tell stories of their days in Malawi.


It is written as a middle grade novel with the Wilma Sue and Penny beingyears old, but they really struck me as being younger.
Especially since Penny still plays with Barbies, Do you know any twelveyearolds that still play with Barbies I don't,

A recipe for Pineapple UpsideDown Cake is included, I would have loved to have seen the recipes for the other cakes mentioned in the book: Lemon Cake, Strawberry Shortcake, Carrot Cake, Black Forest Cake, Orange Mellow Macadamia, and Chocolate Lava Cake.


Note: Cake is published by Zondervan, a Christian publisher, so there are multiple references to Jesus and faith in God.
These references really jumped out at me, but maybe it is because of the conspicuous absence of faith in most books.
One of my girls favorites! We are reading it for the second time together, This book was a great read for myth grader and me! It has great characters and doesn't shy away from showing depth in both the issues foster care, belonging, friendship, faith or characters it covers.
This was a feel good book, but it wasn't just "fluff", My daughter appreciated the characters and story AND the descriptions of cakes as well, I heartily recommend and think it would be great for kids fromth grade all the way to early high school.
Cake is a well written chapter book, The cover is a little deceiving as it leads you to believe two things that really arent true.
One that its geared towards girls however our son loved it! Im sure that our granddaughter will as well but the point being its great for both genders.
Secondly it appears to be a light read, However the message is pretty serious, Now, I dont know that that really came across to my son although he did feel bad for Wilma Sue he didnt seem sad or have a desire to stop reading the book.
Joyce does a great job of writing the story so that it appeals to children and makes them want to keep reading till the end! This is the first book weve read by Joyce but I can tell you we will be reading more! From a parents perspective I always love a book that not only makes my children and grandchildren want to read but teaches a lesson in the process.
This does a great job with both,
I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, .