Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate O'Shaughnessy - ISBN: 9781984893901
Paperback
Orphaned girl cooks up a family recipe: love, loss, and lasagna.

Lasagna Means I Love You

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    16 July 2024

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Summary

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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781984893901
ISBN-10:1984893904
Author:Kate O'Shaughnessy
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Random House Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:16 July 2024
Weight:254g
Dimensions:194mm x 132mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

★ “Readers will laugh, cry, and embrace Mo completely…. Deeply moving and tender.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★ “[An] 11-year-old in mourning navigates foster care and seeks connection by collecting families’ recipes and stories in this tenderly rendered, character-driven novel…. Extremely satisfying.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Mo, imperfections and all, is a winning heroine. To be read with snacks at hand, and perhaps also some tissues.” —The Horn Book

“Will pull at the heart strings of all readers.” —School Library Journal

About The Author

Kate O'Shaughnessy

Kate O’Shaughnessy is a Newbery Honor winner for The Wrong Way Home and author of The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane, and Lasagna Means I Love You. She is a book nerd, animal lover, former chef, and an outdoor enthusiast. When she’s not writing, you can find Kate in her garden, eating good food, hiking with her dog, and chronically mispronouncing words she’s read but never heard said aloud. She lives in California with her family.

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