Free Katie and the Cupcake War by Coco Simon Page B

Club!
We have lots of different flavors and designs!
    Underneath the words, there were pictures of some of the cupcakes we’ve made, and Alexis’s cell phone number and the e-mail address we use for the club.
    â€œThis is great,” I proclaimed. “We’ll definitely get new business from this.”
    The last thing we needed to do was to put up our sign. We poked holes in the corners and then used string to hang it from the canopy poles behind the table. Then we stepped back to admire our work.
    PEACE OUT!
Have a Groovy 50th Anniversary, Park Street!
Old School Cupcakes $2.00 • Milk $1.00
The Cupcake Club
    The sign was decorated with flowers and peace signs, just like the aprons, and it looked really great. Then Emma’s mom walked up with Jake.
    â€œWow, girls, this is wonderful!” she said. “Let me get a picture!”
    Mia and I stood on one side of the table, and Alexis and Emma stood on the other, so we could make sure the cupcakes got in the picture. Of course, Jake ran over at the last minute, so he could be in it too. But he’s short, so he didn’t block the cupcakes.
    â€œOkay, great,” Mrs. Taylor said. “You girls had better get behind the table. You’re going to be swamped soon.”
    She was right. People started swarming into the parking lot. Next to us, the Chess Club was charging people to challenge them at chess. On the other side of us, the school band had set up a funny photo booth. There wasn’t any other food nearby, so the hungry people headed right for our cupcakes.
    One of our first customers was Principal LaCosta. Even though it was Saturday, she was still dressed like a principal, in a navy blue suit and a pale yellow blouse. Her wavy brown hair was held in place by lots of hairspray, like it always is.
    â€œAh, the Cupcake Club!” she said. “I’m glad tosee you girls are still at it. And it’s great to see that you’re celebrating our school anniversary.”
    She bought one cupcake and one cup of milk. Alexis had a big smile on her face as she deposited the money into the cash box.
    Other people liked the theme, too, especially parents.
    â€œTie-dyed cupcakes. Very groovy!” said one dad. Lots of people said stuff like that, or they flashed a peace sign at us.
    We were really busy selling cupcakes for a while, and then I thought of something.
    â€œHey, we don’t even know what kind of cupcakes the BFC has,” I said, suddenly feeling worried again. They might be doing even better than we were.
    Alexis frowned. “Maybe you and Mia should go check it out. Emma and I can handle this.”
    Mia and I made our way through the crowd. It wasn’t hard to find the BFC booth, because it was the loudest booth in the place. They had a drummer, a trumpet player, and a flute player in front playing football fight songs.
    As we got closer, we saw Maggie and Bella dressed as cheerleaders, waving blue-and-yellow pom-poms outside the booth.
    â€œGet your school spirit here!” they were yelling.
    Callie was dressed like a cheerleader too, and she was selling the cupcakes behind the BFC table. The cupcakes had white icing and maybe some cinnamon sprinkled on top.
    â€œThey didn’t even do blue and yellow for school spirit,” I remarked to Mia.
    Beth Suzuki was walking by, and she heard me. “That’s not the kind of school spirit they’re talking about.”
    â€œWhat do you mean?” I asked.
    â€œSome kids are saying the cupcakes taste like they have, you know, spirits in them,” she said. “The kind that makes you drunk.”
    â€œThat’s ridiculous!” I sputtered. “Callie would never do that.”
    Beth shrugged. “Whatever. That’s just what I heard.” She walked away, and then we heard Maggie and Bella talking to Eddie Rossi, Wes Kinney, and some other boys about the cupcakes.
    â€œOur cupcakes have lots of spirit ,” Maggie