A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

A Long Line of Cakes (Scholastic Gold)

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. Praise for A Long Line of Cakes *“… as reassuring and tantalizing as the scent of freshly baked pastries.” – Kirkus , starred review Deborah Wiles's books include the picture book Freedom Summer and the novels Love, Ruby Lavender ; The Aurora County All-Stars ; the National Book Award finalist Each Little Bird that Sings ; and A Long Line of Cakes . The first book in the Sixties Trilogy, Countdown , received five starred reviews upon its publication and has appeared on many state award lists. The second, Revolution , was a National Book Award Finalist. The third book, Anthem , was called "brilliant" in a starred review in Booklist and "musically and culturally immersive" in a starred review in Kirkus Reviews. Wiles lives in Atlanta, Georgia. You can visit her on the web at deborahwiles.com.