Katie, Batter Up!: The Graphic Novel
Cupcake Diaries: The Graphic Novel Series
Author: Coco Simon
Illustrator: Glass House Graphics
Book 5 in the Cupcake Diaries: The Graphic Novel series
Pages: 160
Published: 2024
Age: 8+
Katie tries out for the softball team.
Katie’s Cupcake Club friends all have other activities besides making cupcakes. So Katie sets out to find her extracurricular niche. When Katie makes the softball team, it’s batter up…but is this the kind of batter Katie really wants to be dealing with? What if she makes a mistake and her team loses? By stepping up to the plate, Katie realizes that doing what you love always makes the batter sweeter.
Fun, bright, full-color graphic panels tell the story with the same humor and heart as the original novel.
About the Cupcake Diaries: The Graphic Novel Series
Books in series order
- 1.Katie and the Cupcake Cure: The Graphic Novel(2022)
- 2.Mia in the Mix: The Graphic Novel(2022)
- 3.Emma on Thin Icing: The Graphic Novel(2023)
- 4.Alexis and the Perfect Recipe: The Graphic Novel(2023)
- 5.Katie, Batter Up!: The Graphic Novel(2024)
- 6.Mia's Baker's Dozen: The Graphic Novel(2024)
- 7.Emma All Stirred Up!(2025)
- 8.Alexis Cool as a Cupcake: The Graphic Novel(2025)
Reading age: 8+ years
The bestselling Cupcake Diaries series is now available in graphic novel format!
In this faithful adaptation of the original series, Katie and her new friends—Mia, Emma, and Alexis—form the Cupcake Club and navigate middle school.
Fun, bright, full-color graphic panels tell the stories with the same humor and heart as the original novels.

