With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo - Carnegie Medal Winner - Young Adult Paperback

Details
Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781471409004
Publisher: Hot Key Books
Age Range: 14+

Overview
With the Fire on High is the acclaimed second novel by National Book Award winner Elizabeth Acevedo, author of The Poet X. This powerful, big-hearted story follows Emoni Santiago, a talented teen mother whose gift for cooking might just be the thing that saves her. Written in vivid, lyrical prose and threaded with recipes, it's a coming-of-age novel about ambition, family and food that has captivated teen and adult readers alike since its UK release from Hot Key Books.

About the Book
Ever since she got pregnant, seventeen-year-old Emoni Santiago's life has revolved around making the tough calls — doing right by her young daughter and the grandmother who helped raise her, keeping her grades up, and trying not to get distracted by the charming new boy, Malachi. School, motherhood, money worries: it's a lot to carry. But in the kitchen, something shifts. Emoni has magic in her hands, an instinctive gift for flavour and improvisation that turns simple ingredients into extraordinary food, food that makes everyone around her stop and pay attention.

When she's offered a place in her school's culinary arts class, taught by a chef who sees real promise in her, Emoni starts to wonder whether the impossible dream of becoming a professional chef might not be so impossible after all. Balancing single motherhood, a budding romance, senior year and a wildly uncertain future, Emoni has to decide how much of herself she's willing to risk in pursuit of what she loves. Told in immersive, sensory prose interspersed with the recipes Emoni dreams up along the way, this is a story about resilience, heritage, first love and the courage it takes to bet on yourself. Following the phenomenal success of the verse novel The Poet X, Acevedo proves equally masterful in prose, crafting a heroine whose voice is funny, flawed and utterly unforgettable.

• Written by National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo
• A moving, own-voices story of teen motherhood, ambition and identity
• Rich, sensory prose interwoven with original recipes
• Perfect for fans of Angie Thomas and Nicola Yoon
• Ideal gift for teen and young adult readers who love contemporary fiction
• Brand new paperback copy, fast free UK delivery

About the Author
Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Poet X, winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2019. With the Fire on High is her acclaimed second novel, followed by Clap When You Land. A National Poetry Slam champion with an MFA in creative writing from the University of Maryland, Acevedo lives with her family in Washington, DC.

Why You'll Love This Book
Warm, witty and deeply human, With the Fire on High celebrates food, family and fierce determination through an unforgettable heroine. It's a coming-of-age story that lingers long after the last page, ideal for teen and adult readers alike.

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