Children entering grades 4 & 5, register to have a copy of the book reserved for you and pick it up at the Library anytime after June 13th. Read it and enjoy a discussion and party with friends at the Library on Thursday afternoon, July 18th at 4pm. 

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-ma’s 70th birthday together. Since she can’t go to A-ma, Cici cooks up a plan to bring A-Ma to her by winning the grand prize in a kids’ cooking contest to pay for A-ma’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-ma, a way to fit in with her new friends, and somehow find herself too?

Questions? Contact April at: awanner@essexpl.org