All You Knead Is Love

Tanya Guerrero's All You Knead Is Love is a contemporary middle grade coming-of-age novel about a twelve-year-old multiracial Filipino and Spanish girl, Alba, who goes to live with her grandmother in Barcelona for the summer. Throughout her stay, she gains confidence through a newly discovered passion for baking. Alba forms a close relationship with her grandmother, gains a supportive father figure and new friends, and even discovers a passion and talent for baking. As she gets to know the city her mother once called home, she starts to understand her mother better and may just be able to make their family whole again. The book is perfect for fans of Hello, Universe and Merci Suarez Changes Gears.