Atimely,accessible,andbeautifullywrittenstoryexploringthemesoffood,friendship,familyandwhatitmeanstobelong,featuringsixthgradersSara,aPakistaniAmerican,andElizabeth,awhite,JewishgirltakingaSouthAsiancookingclasstaughtbySara’smom.SixthgradersSaraandElizabethcouldnotbemoredifferent.SaraisatanewschoolthatiscompletelyunlikethesmallIslamicschoolsheusedtoattend.Elizabethhasherownproblems:herBritishmumhasbeenstrugglingwithdepression.Thegirlsmeetinanafter-schoolSouthAsiancookingclass,whichElizabethtakesbecausehermomhasstoppedcooking,andwhichSara,whohatestocook,isforcedtoattendbecausehermotheristheteacher.Thegirlsformashakyalliancethatgraduallydeepens,andtheymakeplanstocreatethemostamazing,mouth-wateringcross-culturaldishtogetherandwinaspotonalocalfoodshow.Theymakegoodcookingpartners...butcantheylearntotrusteachotherenoughtobecometruefriends?
