Taco Tuesdays

By Mónica Mancillas

Two teens clash in a cooking class, discovering unexpected lessons in food, family, and friendship.

4.0/5 Goodreads · 64 ratings

272 pages· 50,482 words· Est. 7 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Dulce dreads spending her summer at her family's struggling restaurant, while Julian resents his move to California with his vlogger parents. When their worlds collide, they're forced into a cooking class together. As tensions simmer, they uncover surprising truths about friendship, family, and themselves. Can they find common ground amidst the chaos, or will their differences keep them apart? Discover how a shared love for food might just change everything.

From the publisher

Nacho average foodie WISH book! Mónica Mancillas explores themes of family, food, and identity wrapped up in a sweet, commercial title.Dulce doesn’t want to spend the summer helping at her family’s restaurant, but with the business needing all the help it can get, she doesn’t have a choice.Julian doesn’t want to be in California. But his food vloger parents have relocated the family as part of an attempt to keep their marriage going, so he doesn’t have a choice, either.When the two literally crash into each other, it’s so not the beginning of a beautiful friendship. But as they’re both forced to enroll in a cooking class together and slowly get to know each other, things get heated–and not just the tacos! Julian and Dulce each have something to learn from the other about friendship, family, community, and food.

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