An ALA Top 10 Graphic Novel of 2021 - 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
For fans of American Born Chinese and Roller Girl, Measuring Up
is a don't-miss graphic novel debut from Lily LaMotte and Ann Xu!
"A beautiful story about food, family, and finding your place in the
world." --Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese and Dragon
Hoops
"A delicious and heartwarming exploration of identity by a young
immigrant trying to find her place in multiple cultures." --Remy Lai,
author of Pie in the Sky and Fly on the Wall
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?
