All You Knead Is Love

By Tanya Guerrero

A girl discovers a passion for baking while trying to save a beloved bakery and mend her fractured family.

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384 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Twelve-year-old Alba is sent to Barcelona to live with her estranged grandmother, away from her troubled home in New York. Reluctant at first, she soon finds solace in the vibrant city, forming bonds with her grandmother and new friends. Alba uncovers a hidden talent for baking, but when her cherished bakery faces closure, she must find a way to save it. As she navigates this challenge, Alba also seeks to heal her family, hoping to bring them back together. Can her newfound skills and determination mend what’s broken?

From the publisher

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 who goes to live with her grandmother for the summer, gaining confidence through a newly discovered passion for baking, perfect for fans of Hello, Universe and Merci Suarez Changes Gears. Sometimes you find home where you least expect it. Twelve-year-old Alba doesn’t want to live with her estranged grandmother in Barcelona. She wants to stay with her mom, even if that means enduring her dad’s cutting comments to them both. But in her new home, 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. And through getting to know the city her mother used to call home, Alba starts to understand her mother better–and may just be able to make their family whole again.

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