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Name: With the Fire on High
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Elizabeth Acevedo

📘 With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

With her young daughter to care for and her abuela supporting her, senior Emoni Santiago faces the weight of responsibilities and the lack of time for school’s culinary arts class. The kitchen becomes her sanctuary, where she infuses magic into every dish, turning simple ingredients into extraordinary flavor. Although she cannot afford the class’s trip to Spain and doubts a future in a professional kitchen, her passion for cooking drives her to break free from the limits the world imposes on her and to let her talent shine.

First publish date: 2019

Genre: Coming of Age/Young Adult Coming of Age

Authors: Elizabeth Acevedo

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