The Candymakers

Wendy Mass

Mar 2011 · RB Media · Narrated by Mark Turetsky

About this audiobook

In the town of Spring Haven, four children have been selected to compete in the national candymaking contest of a lifetime. Who will make a candy more delicious than the Oozing Crunchorama or the Neon Yellow Lightning Chew?

LOGAN, the candymaker’s son, who can detect the color of chocolate by feel alone?

MILES, the boy allergic to rowboats and the color pink?

DAISY, the cheerful girl who can lift a fifty-pound lump of taffy as if it were a = feather?

PHILIP, the suit-and-tie-wearing boy who’s always scribbling in a secret notebook?

The contestants face off in a battle of wits and sugar, but soon they realize that things are not what they seem, and they find themselves in a candy-filled world of surprises, suspense, and mouthwatering creations.

In this charming and cleverly crafted story, award-winning author Wendy Mass cooks up a delectable concoction of mystery, friendship, and juicy revelations.

Ratings and reviews

This book was purchased for my son to read along to an online version for a book club during Covid-19 lockdown. My son enjoyed The Candymakers very much, considering he's not much of a reader. He decided to read book 2 about the Great Chocolate Chase (this time I ordered the paperback book). Great book for 8 -12 year olds.

About the author

Wendy Mass was born in Livingston, New Jersey on January 17, 1967. She received a B. A. in English from Tufts University. She worked as a book editor at numerous publishing houses in New York City and Connecticut and co-created a teenage literary magazine called Writes of Passage. She has written several nonfiction books for teenagers including Stonehenge, Readings on Night, John Cabot: Early Explorer, and Ray Bradbury: Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Her fiction books include Leap Day, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall, Every Soul a Star, 11 Birthdays, Finally, and The Candymakers. A Mango-Shaped Space won the American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award in 2004. She wrote the storyline for an episode of the television show Monk, entitled "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theatre," which aired during the show's second season.