Hi! Today I will be talking to you about the book, A Piece of Cake by Cupacke Brown. This memoir is her first and only book. The book has not won any awards yet, but I think it definitely should. This book is about a girl named Cupcake Brown. When she is just 11 she wakes up to find her mom dead, she died from an epileptic seizure. She goes and lives with her dad. Her real dad left her mom when she was just a baby. Then her mom met another guy ( who is her step dad) they got married then separated. Her brother Larry lived with her dad and she lived with her mom. After the death of her mom the court had to review the custody of the kids. Then her real dad came back and said he wanted them, but he just wanted their money. He then put them in foster care.
That’s where her life fell apart. She was abused multiple ways in her foster home. She decided to run away. That was the first night she tried drugs and alcohol and turned her first trick. From there her life got worse and worse. She got into gangs more drugs and more alcohol and every bad thing you can think of. All before she was 20.
One of my favorite quotes from this book is “ I giggled to myself. Momma was just like me. She hated getting up in the morning, so she put the clock way across the room and turned it all the way up so it scare her awake in the morning.” This is one of the few happy parts of her life. The Chicago Sun Times says, “ Brown’s confessional memoir is one you can’t easily put down. Her life is nothing short of a miracle.” This book is appropriate for ages 14+ and is a very mature read. I found this book challenging to read.This book is similar to the Crank series by Ellen Hopkins and is similar in writing style.
You’ll have to read to find if she cleans up her life and what happens to her family.
Recommended by Meg Stecklein
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