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    Cupcakes vs. Brownies: Zimmah Chronicles
    Cupcakes vs. Brownies: Zimmah Chronicles
    Cupcakes vs. Brownies: Zimmah Chronicles
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    Cupcakes vs. Brownies: Zimmah Chronicles

    By Scott King

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    A World Where Everything Is Made Of Desserts!

    When ten-year-old Karim Jacobs makes a wish to save his parents' marriage, Zimmah, a wicked djinn, decides it’s a boring wish and uses his chaotic magic to change the world into one where everything is made of desserts.

    Caught in a candypunk world, Karim must face fantastical creatures like gummy-grizzly-bears and rock candy beasts while at the same time trying to stop the Cupcake Kingdom and Brownie Kingdom from going to war. With his parents' lives in danger, its up to Karim to stop Zimmah and restore the world to normal.

    If you like epic coming-of-age adventure stories that teach important life lessons in the wackiest, most delightful of ways, then you’ll love every page of Scott King’s Cupcakes vs. Brownies.

    Start the unpredictable adventure today!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMajestic Arts
    Release dateApr 23, 2015
    ISBN9780692211816
    Cupcakes vs. Brownies: Zimmah Chronicles

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      Cupcakes vs. Brownies - Scott King

      Prologue

      NOW.

      This isn’t what I wanted. Make it stop! Karim screamed as he fell through a pink cotton-candy cloud.

      The fluffy treat crawled up his body, devouring him. It scratched his rich brown skin, giving him an overwhelming sense of itchiness on his nose and cheeks. Clamping his mouth shut, he tried to keep out the candy confection, but with every breath the treat pushed its way in, melting on his tongue. He gagged on the overpowering sweetness.

      The extra-sticky pieces of cotton candy tugged at his blue jeans, navy hoodie, and the embossed medicine bottle he clutched in his fist. The rim of the bottle was as worn as a pebble on a beach, and a rotted cork nested in its neck. The opaque glass glowed with a rosy light that turned the cotton candy a lavender hue. Ancient runes sketched the sides of the bottle squiggled and overlapped, forming patterns that Karim didn’t recognize.

      Karim held the bottle against his chest. At ten and with two little league championships under his belt, he knew how to maximize his grip. Yet he could do nothing when the cotton candy wrapped around the bottle’s neck and wrenched it from his hand.

      He flailed his arms, reaching and hoping to find the bottle. His fingers touched nothing but the sticky clouds.

      You can’t do this. The saccharine taste filled his mouth again and it frustrated Karim This was not how he pictured things panning out. He should be at home with his parents and everything should be happy. He shouldn’t be possibly falling to his death through clouds made of real cotton candy.

      His feet landed on something squishy and firm that reminded him of a trampoline. The clouds lifted and Karim found himself trapped inside a bubble of bubblegum. Drifting a few feet away, a second smaller bubble surrounded the medicine bottle.

      The wind surged, spinning both bubbles.

      Unable to keep steady on the malleable surface, Karim’s ankles rolled and lost his balance, falling onto his back. The bubble held him. No matter how hard he squirmed, he couldn’t get to his feet. Helplessly, he watched the tiny bubble with the bottle drift toward a golden desert while his fell toward a forest. Jagged mountains with white peaks rose between him and the other bubble. He feared this would be the last time he would ever see the bottle.

      Craning his neck, Karim eyeballed the forest below. Even through the pink tinted gum, he could make out splotches of neons and pastels that were anything but natural. It, combined with the cotton-candy clouds, confirmed what he suspected. He was no longer in the real world. A dark river split the forest in two. Half clustered at the base of the mountains, and the rest stretched to the horizon. Karim didn’t see a single building or sign of human life.

      The bubble holding Karim prisoner picked up speed as it waffled from side to side. Karim closed his eyes to stop from vomiting.

      The bubble touched down, caught by a river of caramel. The waves moved in slow motion with silky ribbons of caramel dripping between them. The current caught the bubble, slurping at it. Karim’s heart pounded. He needed to escape.

      Karim arched his back, trying to rip free from the bottom of the bubble. The bubble refused to let go, but it did contort and bend with his movement. As the round bubble melded into a bean shape, it rolled to the right and closer to the river’s shore.

      Karim jiggled his butt. He jiggled it as if he were competing in the national championships of butt jiggling. With every sway of his hips, the bubble deviated from the caramel current.

      When the bubble crashed onto the shore, Karim dripped with sweat. He was sure that no one in the history of the world had shaken their butt faster or more furiously than he just had.

      Smooth stones coated the shoreline. Karim could feel them pushing against the bubble and into his back. They hurt, but none were sharp enough to pierce the bubble. Stuck upside-down he stared at rocks. No bigger than his thumbnail, the rocks reminded him of a box of Crayola crayons. They were an assortment of vivid reds, blues, greens, and yellows, all splashed with a dark grey marbling.

      He heard a shrill, elongated chirp followed by more chirps. Twisting his body, Karim saw a shadowy shape hopping in his direction. The thing strutted and pecked at the smooth stones. Through the haze of the bubblegum, he realized it was a living marshmallow peep, the kind sold in grocery stores around Easter.

      The peep was a lilac color and twinkled as if made of glitter. Its sluggish body retracted and contorted as it pecked at a pebble. The stone cracked open, revealing an almond inside. The peep tugged at the almond, ripped it from its candy coating, and swallowed it.

      This is way worse than I thought, Karim said.

      At the sound of Karim’s voice, the peep turned to the bubblegum bubble. The single dot that formed its eyes expanded to the size of a nickel. Karim didn’t know for sure but guessed that the creature thought the bubble was the world’s largest candy almond.

      The peep gave the bubble a testing prod with its beak. The bubble warped, but didn’t break. Drawing back its neck, the peep pecked with lightning speed. The bubble burst with a deafening pop that pounded on Karim’s eardrums.

      The gum whipped around, trapping the peep.

      Karim sat up. Shreds of pink gum dangled from the back of his hoodie and arms, but he moved freely, rotating to his knees. Muffled chirps rang from the peep inside the wad of gum. Karim dug into it. It felt tacky but didn’t stick to his skin. He created a tunnel and pulled out the peep. It quivered, sitting in his palm.

      Sorry about that, little guy. With a single finger, Karim stroked the back of the peep’s neck. The peep cooed and nuzzled its head against Karim’s pointer finger.

      The ground shook.

      The peep let out a series of chirps and skipped out of Karim’s hand. Faster than Karim would’ve thought possible, it beelined away from the caramel river and toward the forest.

      The trees, both pine and those with leaves, glistened with a plastic texture and looked molded from marzipan. Caramel-coated apples sprinkled with peanuts grew on the trees closest to the river. Deeper into the forest, Karim spotted trees with lemon drops and others with sugared orange slices. Wildflower-shaped fruit tarts sprouted from the ground under the trees. A dusting of powered sugar plastered everything, giving the forest a wintry feel.

      From behind him, Karim heard the sound of rustling branches. He pivoted to see a ferocious gummy grizzly bear with a rider on its back. Light shined through the bear’s red translucent body and with each step its gelatinous mass wiggled the rider left and right. At full speed, the van-sized bear bounded out of the forest, trampling onto the retreating purple peep. The peep made a wet, squishing sound that caused the bear to halt. It lifted its paw to see mushed marshmallow.

      You killed it! Karim yelled.

      Three more bears with riders sprang from the

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