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Teen Fiction
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.
A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
by Laura Taylor Namey

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Radha & Jai's recipe for romance
by Nisha Sharma

While attending the Princeton Academy of the Arts, dancer Radha is determined to invent herself from scratch and, after much convincing, helps Jai, the captain of the Bollywood Beats dance team, have a show-stopping senior year. Simultaneous eBook.
A phàơ 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.
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.
The heartbreak bakery
by A. R. Capetta

Syd, a baker at the Proud Muffin, is perplexed after couples who eat their brownies immediately split up, but when the owners of the bakery eat the brownies, Syd is afraid the bakery may close and it is only, Harley, a delivery person, who convinces Syd that their baking can actually fix things
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.
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.
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.
What I like about you
by Marisa Kanter

When Halle Levitt arrives to spend senior year in her grandfather's small town, she meets Nash, her online best friend who thinks her online persona, Kels, is as confident and popular as he is
A taste for love
by Jennifer Yen

Both high school senior Liza Yang and her mother share a love and talent for baking but disagree on the subject of dating, especially when Mrs. Yang turns her annual baking contest into a matchmaking scheme
Hungry Hearts : 13 tales of food & love
by Elsie Chapman

A collection of interconnected stories by such leading contributors as Sandhya Menon, Anna-Marie McLemore and Rin Chupeco explores the intersection of family, culture and food as reflected in the lives of 13 diverse teens.
The apple tart of hope
by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald

Certain that her best friend, Oscar, is not dead despite the discovery of his bike off the end of the pier, Meg, knowing Oscar to be a loving boy who makes the world's best apple tarts, confronts painful truths about her friend's struggles with bullying, a broken heart and a dark secret. By the author of Black to Blackbrick.
Love à la mode
by Stephanie Kate Strohm

Unexpectedly offered coveted spots at a celebrity chef's prestigious culinary school in Paris, two American teens navigate the demands of a difficult professor and curriculum amid an escalating rivalry that is complicated by their attraction to each other. 25,000 first printing.
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.
I love you so mochi
by Sarah Kuhn

Eagerly visiting her estranged grandparents in Japan to distance herself from the mother who disapproves of her fashion ambitions, a talented young designer immerses herself in Kyoto's markets and cherry blossom festival and bonds with a cute med student while uncovering illuminating family secrets.
My ideal boyfriend is a croissant
by Laura Dockrill

Sent to the doctor after a bad asthma attack, a plus-sized girl who has always lived life unapologetically is ordered to lose weight, before a family tragedy compels her to document more than her diet in her food journal. Simultaneous eBook.