With The Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (Paperback)

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Young Adult Fiction – Coming of Age\nPublished: 3\/20\/2021\nFrom the author ofThe Poet Xwinner of the Michael L. Printz Award, Pura Belpr Award, National Book Award, and Boston Globe\/Horn Book Awardcomes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright. A Walter Award Honor Book and a Golden Kite Award Honor Book. Now in paperback!\nEver since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiagos 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, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness.\nEven though shes always dreamed of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that its not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules shes made for her lifeand everyone elses rules that she refuses to play byonce Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.\nAcevedo has done it again: the multi-award-winning author ofThe Poet X(2018) here delivers perfection… This sophomore novel is simply stunning. -Booklist(starred review)\n\n[A] stunning sophomore novel from National Book Award and Printz winner Acevedo…. With evocative, rhythmic prose and realistically rendered relationships and tensions, Acevedos unvarnished depiction of young adulthood is at once universal and intensely specific. -Publishers Weekly(starred review)\n\nThe acclaimed author follows up her celebrated The Poet X with a love letter to food and a tribute to young, single mothers… Acevedos second serving offers a much-needed nuanced exploration of teen parenting that belongs on all shelves. -School Library Journal(starred review)\n\nAcevedo continues to create beautifully realized characters with complex lives… Readers of all sorts will find something to connect with in this honest and ultimately hopeful story. -Horn Book(starred review)