With the Fire on High

Book • 2019

With the Fire on High follows Emoni Santiago, a high school senior and teenage mother in Philadelphia who dreams of becoming a chef while caring for her daughter and supporting her grandmother.

As she navigates school, work, family, and a culinary arts class, Emoni must decide how to balance duty and ambition while learning to trust her own talent.

Mentioned by

Anne Bogel

Elizabeth Acevedo

Mentioned in 1 episodes

Recommended by

Anne Bogel

for its food, travel, relationships, hopeful emotional depth, and outstanding author-narrated audiobook.

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Ep 541: Books that foster a sense of warmth and good conversation

Recommended by listener Alice as a heartwarming young-adult magical-food novel about a teen mother pursuing her identity while caring for her daughter.

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Mentioned by

Elizabeth Acevedo

as the contemporary novel she completed during National Novel Writing Month before returning to another manuscript.

How National Book Award-Winner and NYT Bestselling Author Elizabeth Acevedo Writes

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