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?