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Somewhere between bitter and sweet / Laekan Zea Kemp.
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 pastelería 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
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316460279
- ISBN: 0316460273
- ISBN: 9780316460293
- Physical Description: 343 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 12+. Little, Brown and Company. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader UG 4.5 12 12 517075 |
| Awards Note: | Pura Belpré Award honor book, young adult author, 2022 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Mexican Americans > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Restaurants > Fiction. Cooking, Mexican > Fiction. Fathers > Fiction. Immigrants > Fiction. Undocumented immigrants > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Young adult fiction. Social problem fiction. Romance fiction. |
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- 34 of 34 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Abington Community Library | YOUNG ADULT KEMP (Text) | 50687011805960 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albright Memorial Library | YOUNG ADULT KEMP (Text) | 50686015717098 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | YA KEM (Text) | 37268003126422 | AHMFL Young Adult | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | YA KEM (Text) | 33240004949106 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cambria County Library | YA FICTION Kem (Text) | 85131001777219 | CACM Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Carbondale Public Library | YOUNG ADULT KEMP (Text) | 50688010812452 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Dover Area Community Library | Teens KEM Fiction (Text) | 34217000891085 | Teen Area | Available | - |
| DuBois Public Library | YA FIC KEMP (Text) | 61000100074661 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Emmaus Public Library | YA FIC KEMP (Text) | 36446002065533 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Exeter Community Library | YA KEM (Text) | 33249024780185 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
