Lasagna Means I Love You

What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own recipe in this unforgettable story that's a little sweet, a little sour, and totally delicious.

Nan was all the family Mo ever needed. But suddenly she's gone, and Mo finds herself in foster care after her uncle decides she's not worth sticking around for.
Nan left her a notebook and advised her to get a hobby, like ferret racing or palm reading.
But how could a hobby fix anything in her newly topsy-turvy life?
Then Mo finds a handmade cookbook filled with someone else's family recipes. Even though Nan never cooked, Mo can't tear her eyes away. Not so much from the recipes, but the stories attached to them. Though, when she makes herself a pot of soup, it is every bit as comforting as the recipe notes said.
Soon Mo finds herself asking everyone she meets for their family recipes. Teaching herself to make them. Collecting the stories behind them. Building a website to share them. And, okay, secretly hoping that a long-lost relative will find her and give her a family recipe all her own.
But when everything starts to unravel again, Mo realizes that if she wants a family recipe--or a real family--she's going to have to make it up herself.

Author: Kate O'Shaughnessy
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 7.64h x 5.20w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9781984893901

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 522944 / Lasagna Means I Love You