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Appetite for Miracles, An
Laekan Zea Kemp
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Little, Brown/Hachette
ISBN: 978-0-316-46173-3
Keywords: imprisoned parents, body image, school success, perceptions of disordered eating, dementia, free verse
Complexities of family life, cultural expectations, challenges of young love, and issues of social justice weave together in this story of two young Mexican American teenagers. In verse.