When eight-year-old Sue-Anne’s family loses everything after her father’s layoff, her mother’s act of buying six chocolate cupcakes with food stamps ignites a storm of gossip, judgment, and shame in their small Southern town. Heaven Isn’t Cupcakes is a tender, unflinching story about poverty, dignity, and the quiet courage it takes to hold on to love when the world tells you you’re less.

Category: Contemporary Realistic Fiction

Age Group: Ages 14–16

Book Type: Picture Book