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Teen Reads That Will Make You Hungry |
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A phở love story
by Loan Le
Avoiding each other most of their lives because of a mysterious rivalry, two Vietnamese-American teens from competing pho restaurants fall in love by chance while uncovering the reason behind their families generations-old feud. A first novel. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous and eBook.
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With the fire on high
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Navigating the challenges of finishing high school while caring for a daughter, talented cook Emoni Santiago struggles with a lack of time and money that complicate her dream of working in a professional kitchen. By the National Book Award-winning author of The Poet X. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The music of what happens
by Bill Konigsberg
A cool and popular gay teen who harbors a secret, intense crush and a poetic youth who is looking for Mr. Right in spite of his troubled family weigh what they are willing to risk while working together at an organic food truck during a blistering Arizona summer.
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It's kind of a cheesy love story
by Lauren Morrill
Accepting a much-needed job from a local pizzeria where she was suddenly born 16 years earlier, Beck discovers an unanticipated sense of belonging among her less-popular co-workers before a disaster compels her to fight for the family restaurant that has become like a home. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Melt with you
by Jennifer Dugan
"Two teen girls, former best friends and one-time lovers, go on a summer road trip in an ice cream truck"
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Donuts and other proclamations of love
by Jared Reck
When his life is invaded by the overachieving Lou, who ropes him into helping her gain her Girl Scout Gold Award, high school senior and food truck operator Oscar finds his future going in a very different direction than planned. Simultaneous eBook.
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We can't keep meeting like this
by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Wedding harpist Quinn and cater-waiter Tarek develop feelings for each other, but while Tarek is a hopeless romantic, Quinn is not sure she believes in love, especially since the same boy she might be falling for spurned her the previous summer
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The surprising power of a good dumpling
by Wai Chim
Working almost constantly to help out at her father’s restaurant and care for her siblings, a teen from a migrant Asian family starts dating a delivery boy before her mother’s progressing mental illness upends everything she understood about her family. Simultaneous eBook.
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Salt and Sugar
by Rebecca Carvalho
"To save her familys bakery, Salt, which as been at war with the Molinas bakery, Sugar, across the street, Lari Ramires does the unthinkable by teaming up with Pedro Molinas to save both their bakeries, falling in love in the process. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook."
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A Cuban girl's guide to tea and tomorrow
by Laura Taylor Namey
Seventeen-year-old Lila Reyes, furious when her parents send her to the English countryside to recover from grief and heartbreak, unexpectedly falls in love with a teashop clerk--and England, itself
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Somewhere between bitter and sweet
by Laekan Zea Kemp
An ambitious girl who fears disappointing her traditional Mexican-American parents finds her world upended by a long-held secret before she bonds with a boy who would protect his immigration status and newfound family. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The way you make me feel
by Maurene Goo
Sentenced to a summer working on her father's food truck after taking a joke too far, prankster Korean-American Clara Shin unexpectedly bonds with a straitlaced co-worker and a cute boy on another food truck while reevaluating her relationship with her estranged mother. By the author of I Believe in a Thing Called Love. Simultaneous eBook.
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