Book Diner is your chance to read a great YA book and share a meal themed around the cultural impact of the book. Our March book is Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laeken Zea Kemp and our dinner will feature Mexican cuisine. Books are available for pickup at the Children's desk so you can read it before the Book Diner meeting. This program is for teens ages 13-18.  Registration is required. 

Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laeken Zea Kemp - A story of first love, familial expectations, the power of food, and finding where you belong.
Penelope Prado has always dreamed of opening her own pastelería next to her father's restaurant, Nacho's Tacos. But her mom and dad have different plans—leaving Pen to choose between disappointing her traditional Mexican American parents or following her own path. When she confesses a secret she's been keeping, her world is sent into a tailspin. But then she meets a cute new hire at Nacho's who sees through her hard exterior and asks the questions she's been too afraid to ask herself.
Xander Amaro has been searching for home since he was a little boy. For him, a job at Nacho's is an opportunity for just that—a chance at a normal life, to settle in at his abuelo's, and to find the father who left him behind. But when both the restaurant and Xander's immigrant status are threatened, he will do whatever it takes to protect his newfound family and himself.
Together, Pen and Xander must navigate first love and discovering where they belong in order to save the place they all call home.