Measuring Up - A Graphic Novel

"A beautiful story about food, family, and finding your place in the world." --Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese and Dragon Hoops "A delicious and heartwarming exploration of identity by a young immigrant trying to find her place in multiple cultures." --Remy Lai, author of Pie in the Sky and Fly on the Wall Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved from Taiwan to Seattle, and the only thing she wants more than to fit in at her new school is to celebrate her grandmother, A-ma's, seventieth birthday together. Since she can't go to A-ma, Cici cooks up a plan to bring A-ma to her by winning the grand prize in a kids' cooking contest to pay for A-ma's plane ticket! There's just one problem: Cici only knows how to cook Taiwanese food. And after her pickled cucumber debacle at lunch, she's determined to channel her inner Julia Child. Can Cici find a winning recipe to reunite with A-ma, a way to fit in with her new friends, and somehow find herself too?

Product details

• Authors: Lily LaMotte
• Assisted by: Ann Xu (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780062973870
• ISBN: 978-0-06-297387-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 203 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Cooking & Food, Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / General, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Cooking and food, Interest age: from c 8 years, JUVENILE FICTION: Cooking & Food, JUVENILE FICTION: Comics & Graphic Novels / Humorous, Classic European style / tradition comic books, JUVENILE FICTION: Asian American & Pacific Islander