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Somewhere between bitter and sweet / Laekan Zea Kemp.
Summary
Told in two voices, Pen, whose dream of taking over her family's restaurant has been destroyed, and Xander, a new, undocumented, employee seeking his father, form a bond.
As an aspiring pastry chef, Penelope Prado has always dreamed of opening her own pastelerÃa next to her father's restaurant, Nacho's Tacos. But her traditional Mexican-American mom and dad have different plans. Xander Amaro Is a new hire at Nacho's. For him, the job is an opportunity for a chance at a normal life, to settle in at his abuelo's, and to find the father who left him behind. When both the restaurant and Xander's immigrant status are threatened, he will do whatever it takes to protect his new found family and himself. -- adapted from jacket
Item details
- ISBN: 9780316460279
- ISBN: 0316460273
- ISBN: 9780316460293
- ISBN: 031646029X
- Physical Description: 343 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Contents / Notes
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 12+. Little, Brown and Company. |
| Awards Note: | Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Honor, 2022. |
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| Genre: | Young adult fiction. Fiction. Romance fiction. Social problem fiction. Young adult works. Romance fiction. Young adult fiction. Social problem fiction. Romance fiction. |
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| Athens Regional Library System: Danielsville/Madison County Library |
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| Athens Regional Library System: Watkinsville/Oconee County Library |
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| Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System: Augusta-Richmond Co. Public Lib. |
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