Measuring Up

<p><strong>An ALA Top 10 Graphic Novel of 2021</strong> <strong>- A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection - Fall 2020 Kids Indie Next List - Featured in Today Show's AAPI Heritage Month List - Amazon Best Books November Selection - Cybils Awards Finalist - An NBC AAPI Selection - Featured in Parents Magazine Book Nook October issue - A CBC Hot off the Press October Selection - WA State Book Awards Finalist - Texas Library Association Little Maverick Selection</strong></p><p><strong>For fans of <em>American Born Chinese</em> and <em>Roller Girl</em> <em>Measuring Up</em> is a don't-miss graphic novel debut from Lily LaMotte and Ann Xu!</strong></p><p>A beautiful story about food family and finding your place in the world. --Gene Luen Yang author of<strong> </strong><em>American Born Chinese</em><strong> </strong>and<strong> </strong><em>Dragon Hoops</em></p><p>A delicious and heartwarming exploration of identity by a young immigrant trying to find her place in multiple cultures. --Remy Lai author of<strong> </strong><em>Pie in the Sky</em><strong> </strong>and <em>Fly on the Wall</em></p><p>Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved from Taiwan to Seattle and the only thing she wants more than to fit in at her new school is to celebrate her grandmother A-má's seventieth birthday together.</p><p>Since she can't go to A-má Cici cooks up a plan to bring A-má to her by winning the grand prize in a kids' cooking contest to pay for A-má's plane ticket! There's just one problem: Cici only knows how to cook Taiwanese food.</p><p>And after her pickled cucumber debacle at lunch she's determined to channel her inner Julia Child. Can Cici find a winning recipe to reunite with A-má a way to fit in with her new friends and somehow find herself too?</p>