Taste for victory [Jake Maddox Graphic Novels]by Maddox, Jake 

BTSB Prebound(Stone Arch, 2021)

BTSB #: 596149 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 3 MG Lexile: 560 GN F&P: R

Genres:

Subjects: Basketball - Fiction Cooking - Fiction Hobbies - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Hank Watson loves playing basketball and helping his team win big games. But he has another passion too--cooking! When Hank has an opportunity to meet celebrity chef Brenton Spooner, he jumps at the chance. But while practicing a difficult dish, he accidentally burns his hand. The injury affects his performance both on the court and in the kitchen. Will Hank come through in the clutch and help his team win the big game and still impress his cooking hero? In graphic novel format.

Winner is .. [Next best junior chef Volume: 3]by Harper, Charise Mericle 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018)

BTSB #: 420715 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-10   
AR: 4.6 MG RC: 3.5 3-5 Lexile: 630

Genres: Humorous Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Cooking - Fiction Contests - Fiction Television - Production and direction - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: "Episode 3." The finalists face surprises as they find their culinary knowledge, ingenuity, and friendship tested in the final week of competition that will determine who earns the title of Next Best Junior Chef.

With the fire on high by Acevedo, Elizabeth 

Paperback(Quill Tree Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 040599 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   
AR: 5.2 UG RC: 5.3 9-12 Lexile: 810

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Teenage mothers - Fiction Cooking - Fiction Bildungsromans

Summary: Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago has been doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness. She dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, but knows that is impossible. But once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.

With the fire on high by Acevedo, Elizabeth 

BTSB Prebound(HarperTeen, 2019)

BTSB #: 040621 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   
AR: 5.2 UG RC: 5.3 9-12 Lexile: 810

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Teenage mothers - Fiction Cooking - Fiction Bildungsromans

Summary: Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago has been doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness. She dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, but knows that is impossible. But once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.

Wompananny witches make one mean pizza by Palmer, Jennie 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2017)

BTSB #: 698175 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   
AR: 3 LG

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Witches - Fiction Cooking - Fiction Pizza - Fiction

Summary: When Anita and Winnifred Wompananny, kitchen witches, are frightened by some children, they unwittingly bake their bad feelings into a pizza that escapes the oven and goes barreling through town.

World's greatest chocolate-covered pork chops by Sager, Ryan K. 

BTSB Prebound(Disney/Hyperion, 2017)

BTSB #: 774561 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Adventure Fiction Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Cooking - Fiction Business enterprises - Fiction Trolley cars - Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: Follow the adventures of plucky twelve-year-old Zoey Kate as she opens up a restaurant inside a San Francisco trolley car.

Yasmin the chef [Yasmin]by Faruqi, Saadia 

Paperback(Picture Window Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 325435 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 2.6 LG Lexile: 510 F&P: K

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Muslims - United States - Fiction Pakistani Americans - Fiction Family life - Fiction Parties - Fiction Cooking - Fiction

Summary: Yasmin's family is hosting a big party, but Yasmin is worried that the traditional food her family is cooking is too spicy--so her family challenges Yasmin to come up with a dish of her own.