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With the fire on high, Elizabeth Acevedo

Label
With the fire on high, Elizabeth Acevedo
Language
eng
resource.accompanyingMatter
technical information on music
Intended audience
810, Lexile5.2, ATOS Level
resource.interestGradeLevel
UG/Upper grades (9th-12)
Main title
With the fire on high
resource.readingGradeLevel
Text Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 4
Responsibility statement
Elizabeth Acevedo
Summary
2020 Audie Awards® WINNER - Narration by Author 2020 Audie Awards® Finalist - Young Adult From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright. Don't miss the audiobook, read by Elizabeth Acevedo, the beloved author and narrator of The Poet X , winner of an Odyssey Honor and an AudioFile Earphones Award winner. Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making the tough decisions—doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness. Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it's not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks she has to play by, once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free

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