Sugar and Spice by Sheryl Berk Page A

in bringing the girls of PLC to life onstage at Vital! We can’t thank you enough! XO
    Christina Jackson and Meghan Ross: We had to put Meredith and Lexi head-to-head for you guys! Hope you loved their rematch as much as we did. We just need to picture you two onstage and the characters write themselves!
    To the gang at Sourcebooks, Steve Geck, Kate Prosswimmer, Elizabeth Boyer: thanks for making every book such a fun and fabulous experience. We hope Cupcake Club never ends!
    Katherine Latshaw at Folio: wish we could give you a lifetime supply of cupcakes for all your hard work and encouragement. Thanks as always…

Here’s a sneak peek of the next Cupcake Club book
    Cupcake Countdown

1
    Okay, this is one hula-larious cupcake order!” Jenna held up her phone and showed an email to her fellow cupcake clubbers. “It’s for a surprise thirtieth birthday party this weekend with a Hawaiian luau theme.
    â€œOoh! I can pipe those pretty Hawaiian flowers,” Lexi said, grabbing the phone out of her hand to read the details. “You know, white, pink, and yellow plumeria.”
    â€œI think we should use a decorating tip and make green grass icing,” Delaney suggested. “Like those grass skirts the hula girls wear.” She snatched Sadie’s fringed scarf from around her neck and tied it around her waist. “Aloha…OY! Aloha...OY!” She sang and swayed around Kylie’s kitchen, waving her arms in the air.
    â€œAloha, ay dios mío ! ” Jenna quipped. “You look like you’re swatting mosquitos!”
    â€œI believe it’s ‘Aloha O’e,’” Herbie pointed out. “It means ‘farewell to thee.’”
    â€œAnd you know this because you are a human search engine of weird facts?” Kylie asked. Her new advisor was a bit of a know-it-all—and she couldn’t help calling him out on it.
    Herbie shook his head. “I know this because I’ve seen Disney’s Lilo and Stitch a dozen times. Did I mention that I love animated movies as much as monster ones?”
    â€œI saw that movie too!” Delaney weighed in. “That’s the one where the little Hawaiian girl adopts a puppy who turns out to actually be an extraterrestrial?”
    â€œPrecisely,” Herbie replied. “A classic.”
    â€œI’m all for creatures from outer space,” Kylie said, “but this email says the birthday boy is a lifeguard who works at Todd’s Point Beach in the summer. I don’t think aliens say sand and surf, do you?”
    â€œWhat if we sprinkled blue frosting with something that looked like sand?” Lexi piped up. “Like crushed graham crackers.”
    â€œWe could top that with one of those little drink umbrellas,” Delaney jumped in. “That says beachy.”
    â€œAnd a maraschino cherry would look just like a beach ball,” Sadie added.
    Jenna smacked her lips together. “The flavors could be very Hawaiian: pineapple coconut or passion fruit—which is known as lilikoi in Hawaii, FYI.”
    Kylie climbed up on a step stool and rummaged through her mom’s pantry shelves. “I know I saw some cans of crushed pineapple in here,” she said. “We used it for that pineapple upside down cupcake order a few weeks ago.”
    â€œToss me down some shredded coconut while you’re at it,” Jenna said. “And some brown sugar and cream of coconut too. We can do a test batch of the pineapple coconut ones tonight and pick up the rest of the ingredients tomorrow.”
    â€œHey, Lanie. Luau’s over.” Lexi snapped her fingers. “I need help making the frosting and filling the piping bags.
    â€œAw, you guys are no fun,” Delaney said, taking off her makeshift hula skirt and handing it back to Sadie. “I think it would be awesome to go to a luau.”
    Kylie knew her theatrical friend could never resist an opportunity to