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Somewhere between bitter and sweet / by Laekan Zea Kemp.

Kemp, Laekan Zea, (author.).

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 pastelerĂ­a 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
  • Physical Description: 343 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 12+. Little, Brown and Company.
Subject: Mexican Americans > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Restaurants > Fiction.
Cooking, Mexican > Fiction.
Fathers > Fiction.
Immigrants > Fiction.
Illegal aliens > Fiction.
Restaurants > Fiction.
Cooking, Mexican > Fiction.
Fathers > Fiction.
Family life > Fiction.
Illegal aliens > Fiction.
Mexican Americans > Fiction.
Genre: Social problem fiction.
Romance fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Upper Skagit Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Upper Skagit Library.

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Upper Skagit Library KEM (Text) 1011421 YA - Romance Available -


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