When John Midas acquires a magical gift, everything his lips touch turns into chocolate.

Twelve-year-old Coco Hidden has grown up in her mother's chocolate shop in Colorado, along with her friend Leo de la Cueva, but recently things have not been going well; the shop is failing, and Leo is hanging out with the other boys, and barely wants to talk to her--but when they both win a culinary contest, the two children and their mothers find themselves on a trip to the Amazon in Ecuador, where Coco hopes to find the rare ceiba tree, and where...

"Everyone is talking about the Sugar Ball. Cocoa can't wait to show off her new chocolate wand and gown. But when she can't find her wand, she's worried. There's news that chocolate is spreading all over Sugar Valley. If only Cocoa knew who took the wand so she could stop the chocolate spell before the ball!" -- p. [4] of cover.