Measuring Up

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-ma’s, seventieth 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

Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Imprint: HarperAlley
Publication date: 10/12/2020
Illustrator: Xu, Ann