Mrs. Malecha Reads!

 by Lily LaMotte Genre:  Realistic Fiction, Graphic Novel Cici and her parents have just moved to America from Taiwan.  Cici is nervous about how she will adjust to her new country and her new school.  She misses hanging out and cooking with her grandmother, but soon realizes that she can continue with her love of cooking.  But will her new American friends like the kind of cooking she is good at?  Cici has the chance to enter a cooking contest.  The first prize is $1000 which would be enough to buy her grandmother a plane ticket so that she could come for a visit.  Will Cici stick with her tried and true Taiwanese recipes or will she need to try American style cooking to win the prize?

 by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Genre:  Realistic Fiction Della and Suki have always been there for each other.  They don't know their fathers and their mother is in prison.  They are now in a foster home together, happy that they have gotten away from Clifton, their mother's boyfriend, but they both need help dealing with the bad things that happened to them while they were with Clifton.  Suki wants to take care of Della forever, but she also needs time to just be a kid too.  Francine, their foster mom, wants to help, will Della and Suki be able to let her into their lives and share their secrets so they can heal and move on?

 by Kelly Yang Genre:  Realistic Fiction Mia is excited about the new school year.  The prospect of a new teacher, new friends, and continued work with her parents at their hotel makes life seem pretty great.  But on the first day of school, Mia doesn't hit it off with her teacher, she learns about a new immigration law that might be passed in California, and the motel is suddenly hit with some concerns from their investors.  Mia is determined to get through it all and with the help of some good friends, it is possible that everything will work out okay.