Eli Over Easy

By Phil Stamper

Eli finds solace in his late mom's cooking videos, but what happens when they end?

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288 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Eli's world crumbles after moving to New York and losing his mom. Alone in his grief, he discovers her cooking videos, revealing her dream of being a chef. With Mathias, the neighbor boy, Eli embarks on a journey to recreate her dishes, hoping to keep her memory alive. But as the videos dwindle, Eli faces the challenge of moving forward. Can he find a way to heal and embrace the future?

From the publisher

From the acclaimed author of Small Town Pride, Phil Stamper, comes a heartfelt coming-of-age middle grade novel about grief, love, loss, and finding your way forward in the vein of Kate Allen’s The Line Tender and Jules Machias’s Both Can Be True. The last few months have been pretty tough for Eli. He moved to New York City and left his small town in Minnesota with his extended family and everyone he knows. He hasn’t made any new friends. And his mom died unexpectedly, shattering his whole world. He misses Mom more and more every day, but Dad refuses to talk about her, leaving Eli alone in his grief. Then Eli finds a stash of instructional cooking videos his mom made, revealing her dream of being a celebrity chef. With the help of the cute new neighbor boy, Mathias, Eli decides to follow his mother’s recipes using her videos. If he can re-create his mom’s special dishes, then maybe a part of her can stay with him forever. But what happens when the videos run out?

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