Measuring Up
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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. 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. 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?
Culture/Community: Taiwanese / Taiwanese American
Heritage & History: Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage and History
Themes for Children: Family and Friends, My Home, Food, and Clothes, Holidays and Celebrations, Immigration
Format: Graphic novel
Audiobook: No
Age Level: 9-12, Middle Grade
Topic page: Washington: ELL Resources
Book Series: Immigrant Stories: A New Home, Graphic Novels and Comics , Across Cultures: Asian Pacific American Heritage (YA and Middle Grades), Grandparents: Asian Pacific American Heritage, Favorite Foods: Asian Pacific American Heritage, Graphic Novels: Asian Pacific Heritage
9780062973863