Acevedo has been a fellow of Cave Canem, Cantomundo, and a participant in the Callaloo Writer’s Workshops.

She holds a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. Her books include, Beastgirl & Other Origin Myths (YesYes 2016), The Poet X (HarperCollins, 2018), & With The Fire On High (HarperCollins, 2019), and Clap When You Land (HarperCollins, 2020). Additionally, she was honored with the 2019 Pure Belpré Author Award for celebrating, affirming, and portraying Latinx culture and experience. She is also the recipient of the Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction, the CILIP Carnegie Medal, and the Boston Globe-Hornbook Award. Her critically-acclaimed debut novel, The Poet X, won the 2018 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. If you're looking for a breezy, thoughtless narrative, you should consider reading this one!ĮLIZABETH ACEVEDO is a New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X, With the Fire on High, and Clap When You Land. I found a lot of the aspects in here to be a little too well explained ends too neatly tied up, and would have really liked to see the characters placed in some deeper waters, however the family dynamic warmed my heart, and the romance was innocent and cute (even though it felt a little forced at time). The stakes were low, the conflict was non-existent and the food descriptions were mouthwatering. If you asked me to define 'wholesome' with a novel, With the Fire on High would be my response. After being encouraged to take a new culinary course offered at school, Emoni soon realizes that her dreams are bigger than she initially thought, but is raw talent enough to help her impress the right people? Or will she finally learn where a little focus and discipline can get her? College applications are on the horizon, but with a full plate at home taking care of her daughter and working a part time job, she's had little time to think about what her future might look like. The food prepared in here made me hungry on a whole other level Acevado can describe a meal like no one else.Įmoni Santiago is a teen mom in her senior year of high school, she also has an effortless penchant for creating incredibly delicious and memory-provoking dishes. Word of advice before you start reading this book: make sure you've eaten.

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