Mia the Way the Cupcake Crumbles [Paperback]

Mia learns that you have to make your own luck—rather than rely on fun trinkets—in the latest addition to the Cupcake Diaries series.

Mia is having a truly terrible week. So far she’s failed a pop quiz, ruined a batch of cupcakes, and even dropped some icing on her favorite shirt! But her cousins from Puerto Rico are coming to visit, so Mia has something to look forward to—and they even bring her a little lucky charm as a gift!

When Mia’s luck immediately turns around, she’s convinced that her lucky charm really does have magic powers. But what will she do when her bad luck returns?Mia the Way the Cupcake Crumbles

CHAPTER 1

I Told You I Hate Mondays!

It was one of those dreams that you wished would go on and on. I was at a fashion show, and there were tons of celebrities in the seats. And these models, who all looked like my friend Emma Taylor, were walking down the runway, wearing the most gorgeous clothes. And I had designed them all! Everyone kept clapping and clapping.

Then the dream crowd began to chant. “Mia! Mia! Mia!”

“Mia!”

I woke up with a start at the sound of Mom calling my name.

Why is she waking me up? I wondered groggily. She knows I set my alarm every night, and I wake up at six forty-five every morning—in time to getdressed, eat my breakfast, and, most important, do my hair.

I was feeling really cranky that Mom had interrupted my dream—and then I looked at the clock: 7:06.

“Mia, did you forget to set your alarm?” Mom called up to me.

I groaned in reply. Yes, I had, but I hated to admit it out loud.

“Mondays,” I mumbled, climbing out of bed. Mondays are bad enough as it is, but they’re even worse lCG