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AANHPI Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Craving a Good Book
Delicious Reads (teens)
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Craving a Good Book
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Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a Jewish girl, connect in an after school cooking club and bond over food and their mothers' struggles to become United States citizens.
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AMPL National Hispanic Heritage
2021 Summer Top Picks for High Schoolers
2022 Abraham Lincoln Teen Book Awards
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2021 Summer Top Picks for High Schoolers
2022 Abraham Lincoln Teen Book Awards
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award longlist title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright. Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making the tough decisions--doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen,...
6) Jess's story
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Backyard witch volume 2
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Jess is a superstar on the field and on the court but a disaster in the kitchen, must to the dismay of her chef mother, until the mysterious witch Ms. M teaches Jess and her best friends Sadie and Maya all about growing herbs and using them in cooking. Includes a recipe and tips for young chefs.
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It is time for the school bake-off, with a trip to the Bronx Zoo as a prize, and fourth-grade psychic Krystal Ball and her best friends are making fortune cookies--but when the class bully ruins their contribution, Krystal must use her talents to save the day.
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Sam Abernathy books volume 1
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Eleven-year-old Sam Abernathy, extremely overprotected and a reluctant celebrity since he was trapped in a well at age four, dreams of becoming a chef and starts by entering a local cook-off.
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When Hannah Swensen hears that the Cinnamon Roll Six jazz band will be playing at a festival in Lake Eden, Minnesota, she bakes up a supply of their namesake confections to welcome them. But tragedy strikes when their tour bus overturns on its way into town. And keyboard player Buddy Neiman's minor injuries turn deadly serious when someone plunges surgical scissors into his chest...Turns out, Buddy Neiman isn't the victim's real name. In fact, no...
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2023 Monarch Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
OBD Feast on Books - YOUTH
Summer Reading Challenge 2023 (Preschoolers)
Unity in My Community - ROD Children's
OBD Feast on Books - YOUTH
Summer Reading Challenge 2023 (Preschoolers)
Unity in My Community - ROD Children's
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"A crew of resourceful neighbors comes together to prepare a meal for their community. Includes a recipe and an author's note about the volunteering experience that inspired the book"--
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Tyler and Tofu volume 2
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Tyler learns to make spaghetti and meatballs from the chef at his favorite restaurant and then makes it for his family at home.
16) Gingersnap
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When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action during World War II, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn. Includes soup recipes.
17) Chicks and salsa
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Soon after the chickens tire of their feed and decide to make tortilla chips and salsa, all the other animals on Nuthatcher Farm start to crave southwestern cuisine. Includes three recipes on endpapers.
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Fizzy is a good Southern girl who just wants to be perfect. And win the Southern Living cook-off. The being perfect part is hard though, since her parents divorced and everything in her life has changed. Wary of her too-perfect stepmom and her mom s neat-freak, dismissive boyfriend, she s often angry or upset and feels like a guest in both homes.
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Daring Dreamers Club volume 2
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Part-chef, part-scientist, Piper dreams of competing on her favorite cooking show and with the help of the rest of the Daring Dreamers Club, Milla, Zahra, Mariana, and Ruby, she is prepared to win.