Rachel Cohn Cupcake Sparknotes

The book, Cupcake, was composed by Rachel Cohn and was published in 2007. “Cohn’s first book, Gingerbread, was published in 2002. Since then she has gone on to write many other successful YA and younger children's books, and has collaborated on three books with the author David Levithan” (Rachel Cohn, 2017). Cupcake correlates Cohn to an eighteen year old moving from San Francisco, CA to Manhattan, NY after high school. The novel illustrates a young woman that is contemplating if she should move on to her new, independent life, or to reunite with her long lost love. The introduction of Cupcake commences with the main character, Cyd Charisse, travelling to Manhattan, NY. Her older, half brother named Danny takes Cyd under his wing, allowing
Around Christmas time, she comes to the conclusion that she is going to travel back to San Francisco to spend time with her family and meet her new-born baby sister. Frank, Danny, and lisBETH all are fleeing New York to do their own things for Christmas as well. As Cyd is leaving the apartment, the unimaginable happens. Standing before her is the one and only Shrimp, home from New Zealand, out of nowhere. “Shrimp has given up on his plans to live and surf in New Zealand and arrives in NYC with nothing to do other than to be with her. And this time Cyd’s determined that she and Shrimp will not repeat their old mistakes” (Gingerbread, 2016). Cyd decides to stay in New York with Shrimp to catch up on lost time. Cyd comes to the knowledge that Shrimp’s real name is Phillip, he has no real driver's license, and his birth certificate is fake. Furthermore, Shrimp had asperted to Cyd over the course of many years. Of course, Cyd couldn’t continue being exacerbated with him since she acquired her true love back in her life. As Shrimp announces that he is still in love with her, Cyd is skeptical of this new “Shrimp” and their future together now that everything has mutated. Even though her family and friends are completely opposed to letting Shrimp back into her life, she cannot deny her love for him. Once again, she’s left with two choices that could totally modify her entire life, reconvene with Shrimp, or leave him once again to have a more superior