Emma All Stirred Up! [Paperback]

Emma needs a break from big-sister duty in this addition to Spotlight’s treat of a tween series.

Emma is not thrilled with always having to rearrange her schedule so she can babysit her younger brother, Jake. Now Emma’s parents have broken some news that really threatens to push Emma over the edge—since Emma and Jake are going to the same day camp this summer, she’s expected to sit with Jake on the bus. Not only does this mean Emma can’t hang out with her friends, but she also has to comfort Jake—who has a serious issue with motion sickness.
     Can Emma find a way to sweeten up her summer plans?Emma All Stirred Up!

CHAPTER 1

Little Brother, Big Problem

My name is Emma Taylor, but a few weeks ago I was wishing it was anything but! I was pretending that the little boy who was outside the school bus, wailing that he did not want to go to day camp, was not my little brother, Jake Taylor, and that those desperate parents who were bribing and pleading with him were not my parents, but rather some poor, misguided souls whom I would never see again.

In fact, I was wishing that I was already an adult and that my three best friends and I—the entire Cupcake Club—had opened our own bakery on a cute little side street in New York City, where none of my three brothers lived. The bakery would be all pink, and it would sell piles of cupcakes in a rainbow of lovely colors and flavors, and would catermainly to movie stars and little girls’ princess birthday parties. That is my fantasy. Sounds great, right?

But oh, no, this was reality.

“Emmy!” Jake was shrieking as my father gently but firmly manhandled him down the ló,