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Measuring Up

LaMotte, LilyXu, Ann(Illustrated by)
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An ALA Top 10 Graphic Novel of 2021 * A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection * Fall 2020 Kids Indie Next List * Featured in Today Shows AAPI Heritage Month List* Amazon Best Books November Selection * Cybils Awards Finalist* An NBC AAPI Selection * Featured in Parents Magazine Book Nook October issue * A CBC Hot off the Press October Selection* WA State Book Awards Finalist* Texas Library Association Little Maverick Selection

For fans of American Born Chinese and Roller Girl, Measuring Up is a don't-miss graphic novel debut from Lily LaMotte and Ann Xu!

A beautiful story about food, family, and finding your place in the world. Gene Luen Yang, author ofAmerican Born ChineseandDragon Hoops

A delicious and heartwarming exploration of identity by a young immigrant trying to find her place in multiple cultures. Remy Lai, author ofPie in the SkyandFly 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-ms, seventieth birthday together.

Since she cant go to A-m, Cici cooks up a plan to bring A-m to her by winning the grand prize in a kids cooking contest to pay for A-ms plane ticket!Theres just one problem: Cici only knows how to cook Taiwanese food.

And after her pickled cucumber debacle at lunch, shes determined to channel her inner Julia Child. Can Cici find a winning recipe to reunite with A-m, a way to fit in with her new friends, and somehow find herself too?

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HarperAlley
0062973878 / 9780062973870
Hardback
27/10/2020
208 pages
140 x 203 mm, 549 grams
Quiz No: 240897, Points 1.00, Book Level 3.00,
Middle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More