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"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 WallTwelve-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-m's, seventieth birthday together.Since she can't go to A-m, Cici cooks up a plan to bring A-m to her by winning the grand prize in a kids' cooking contest to pay for A-m's plane ticket! There's just one problem: Cici only knows how to cook Taiwanese food.