Rediscover Reading: A Literary Feast for TeensLike this list

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• Hungry Hearts

  13 Tales of Food & Love

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  A collection of interconnected short stories that explore the intersection of family, culture, and food in the lives of thirteen teens.

• A Bánh Mì for Two

  Nguyen, Trinity,

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  Told in alternating voices, while studying abroad in Saigon, Vivi falls for Lan, a street food vendor and food blogger, who is suffering from writer's block since her father's passing.

• For the Rest of Us

  13 Festive Holiday Stories to Celebrate All Seasons

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  A beautiful anthology of 13 stories from different authors about holidays and customs throughout the year.

• With or Without You

  Smith, Eric (Eric A.),

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  "Everyone knows Jordan Plazas and Cindy Ortiz hate each other. According to many viral videos of their public shouting matches, the Plazas and Ortiz families have a well-known food truck rivalry. Jordan and Cindy have spent all of high school making…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Appetite for Miracles

  Kemp, Laekan Zea,

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  With the help of her cousin and their friends, Danna scours the city, searching for her grandfather's favorite foods and hoping the remembered flavors will bring back his memories.

• Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

  Reck, Jared,

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  While his friends prepare for college, Oscar decides his future is working with his grandfather on their food truck Hej Hej!, but when Oscar unexpectedly gets his first taste of adulthood he realizes his plans may be half-baked.

• Café Con Lychee

  Lee, Emery,

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  "Theo Mori and Gabriel Moreno have always been at odds. Their parents own rival businesses-an Asian American café and a Puerto Rican bakery-and Gabi's lack of coordination has cost their soccer team too many games to count. Stuck in the closet and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love From Scratch

  Hill, Kaitlyn,

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  "This summer, Reese Camden is trading sweet tea and Southern hospitality for cold brew and crisp coastal air. She's landed her dream marketing internship at Friends of Flavor, a wildly popular cooking channel in Seattle. The only problem? Benny…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where There's a Whisk

  Schmitt, Sarah J.,

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  "Peyton Sinclaire wants nothing more than to escape her life as a diner waitress in her small, North Florida town and attend culinary school. Top Teen Chef, Food TV's new show that pairs reality TV drama with a fast-paced culinary competition, is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Phở Love Story

  Le, Loan,

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  Bảo Nguye̋n would describe himself as steady and strong: his grades are average, his social status unremarkable. He works at his parents' phở restaurant - as his parents' fifth favorite employee. Linh Mai would describe herself as a firecracker:…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fake Dates and Mooncakes

  Lee, Sher,

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  Dylan Tang wants to win a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake-making competition for teen chefs--in memory of his mom, and to bring much-needed publicity to his aunt's struggling Chinese takeout in Brooklyn. Enter Theo Somers: charming, wealthy, with a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling

  Chim, Wai,

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation