Caramel Mystical — C.M. Taylor

You really are what you eat! The quiet town of Cook is turned upside down when an unexpected ingredient gets mixed in with a batch of candies at the Caramel Mystical Candy Company. Mayor Crunch and confectioner Tim Sweety must find a way to maintain business-as-usual as the industrial complex machine they built together careens from one catastrophe to another, churning and burning out of control.

Charles P. Singh is the unlikely hero in this snowballing tale of industrial accidents, propagandistic fashion, food fights and the ensuing sludge. Join the villagers of Cook and a few nuts as they try to save their town from a greedy businessman, a proud inventor, envious school kids, a lazy investigator, gluttons galore, a wrathful mayor, and a production supervisor who likes to read swimsuit catalogues. This story will have you laughing in the school lunchroom, cowering on conveyor belts, daydreaming about dust, and cringing at the occasional nose goblin