Hole in the Middle

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Here's the latest fun, sweet series from the author of the Cupcake Diaries and Sprinkle Sundays series!

Everythings better with a donut.

Lindsay Cooper is about to start middle school. In her free time, she works at her familys restaurant, The Park View, handing out the worlds most delicious donuts at the Donut Dreams counter. Her grandmother started the counter as a way to send Lindsays dad to college, and Lindsay wants to use her job the same wayto make her dream of going to school far away from her small town a reality.

Home feels different ever since Lindsays mom passed away two years ago. And not having her mom around to help her get through the start of middle school doesnt help her first day of school angst. But with her cousins Kelsey and Molly by her side, not to mention her BFF Casey, Lindsay soon discovers family and friends go a long way towards filling any hole in your heart. And life can still be as fun as a pink donut with rainbow sprinkles!

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It is the summer before middle school when Lindsay Cooper begins her first job working for the family business, Donut Dreams.

Though many of her friends spend summer days at the lake, Lindsay has dreams of going away to college; her steadfast commitment to work motivates her to not lounge the summer away. This summer is different, though, as middle school looms. Since her mother died two years ago, Lindsays paternal grandparents spend a lot of time helping Lindsay, her dad, and her younger brother, Skylar, adjust to their new reality. Once Lindsays best friend, Casey, returns from summer camp texting a long-distance boyfriend, the two BFFs speculate about middle school, both feeling an undercurrent of the possibility that their bond may potentially shift in a new environment. When Lindsays maternal grandmother, Mimi, comes to visit, the family organizes a party to help Lindsay pick a dress for the upcoming fall dance. Grief finally overtakes Lindsay when she learns that the party has been organized to compensate for her mothers absence during this rite-of-passage time for Lindsay. Narrated by Lindsay, this series opener is a comforting read, set in a small town where everyone knows everyone, the donuts are sweet, and familiarity and closeness ease childhood grief. The book ends with sample chapters for the upcoming Donut Dreams title. As sweet and straightforward aswell, a donut. (Fiction. 8-12) * KIRKUS REVIEWS *

Author Bio

From cupcakes to ice cream and donuts! Having written over thirty books about middle school girls and cupcakes and ice cream, Coco Simon decided it was time for a change; so shes switched her focusto her third favorite sweet treat: donuts! When shes not daydreaming about yummy snacks, Coco edits childrens books and has written close to one hundred books for children, tweens, and young adults, which is a lot less than the number of cupcakes, ice cream cones, and donuts shes eaten. She is the author of the Cupcake Diaries, the Sprinkle Sundays, and the Donut Dreams series.