SJCPL Online: YA Bookgroup

While we are stuck at home, let's read together and chat about the book, "With the Fire on High" by Elizabeth Acevedo. Enjoy this coming of age story about food, family, and following your dreams.

Let’s read the book in three parts, then meet to share our thoughts and talk about the book. Each meeting begins at 8 p.m and ends by 9:00 p.m.

Meetings will be on Google Hangouts 

All Meeting dates:

Wed., 4/15:  meet.google.com/isb-kaxp-chf

Join by phone +1 262-546-6433‬ PIN: ‪125 401 242‬#

Read Part One- The Sour

Wed., 4/22: meet.google.com/yxo-irsa-ezf

Join by phone +1 352-888-6360‬ PIN: ‪447 030 406‬#

Read Part Two: The Savory

Wed., 4/29: meet.google.com/zmb-bsev-gyb

Join by phone +1 915-308-6994‬ PIN: ‪784 762 284‬#

Read Part Three: The Bittersweet until the end

With the Fire on High is available as a free e-book for all SJCPL patrons, via hoopla. 

About the book With The Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo: "Teen mother Emoni Santiago struggles with the challenges of finishing high school and her dream of working as a chef." Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago’s life has been about making the tough decisions—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. Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it’s not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks she has to play by, once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.

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