Measuring Up

ISBN: 006297386X

Author: LaMotte, Lily

Condition: New

An ALA Top 10 Graphic Novel of 2021 ? A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection ? Fall 2020 Kids Indie Next List ? Featured in Today Show?s 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 SelectionFor 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 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 WallTwelve-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-m?s, seventieth birthday together.Since she can?t 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-m?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-m?, a way to fit in with her new friends, and somehow find herself too?