RECIPE FOR DISASTER

Available now!

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This middle grade novel uses a hybrid of prose, verse, and recipes to tell the story of 12-year-old Hannah Malfa-Adler whose best friend’s Bat Mitzvah inspires her to plan one for herself. But when she finds out that her Jewish and non-Jewish family is split on whether she is “Jewish enough” for one, she takes matters into her own hands to plan the rite of passage she craves, discovering her own Jewish identity along the way.

PRESS

“With its beautiful writing and authentic understanding of this age group, it qualifies as ‘outstanding.'” and “Recipe for Disaster by Aimee Lucido is not just tasty but also filling.”

—The Sydney Taylor Shmooze

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“With a delicious mix of prose, poetry, and recipes, this hybrid novel is another fresh, thoughtful, and accessible Versify novel that is cookin’.”

—New York Times Best-Selling Author Kwame Alexander

MEDIA

Watch the “Book Mitzvah” replay hosted by Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore (Crowdcast)

EXCERPT

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Book cover by Emma Trithart

HarperCollins Publishers
September 14, 2021
Reading age : 8 – 12 years
Grade level : 3 – 7
Hardcover : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 0358386918
ISBN-13 : 978-0358386919

Available now!

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This middle grade novel uses a hybrid of prose, verse, and recipes to tell the story of 12-year-old Hannah Malfa-Adler whose best friend’s Bat Mitzvah inspires her to plan one for herself. But when she finds out that her Jewish and non-Jewish family is split on whether she is “Jewish enough” for one, she takes matters into her own hands to plan the rite of passage she craves, discovering her own Jewish identity along the way.

MEDIA

Watch the “Book Mitzvah” replay hosted by Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore (Crowdcast)

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Nominated for a Connecticut Nutmeg award
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal (UK)
Winner of the 2020 Northern California Book Award for Middle-Grade Literature

PRESS

“With its beautiful writing and authentic understanding of this age group, it qualifies as ‘outstanding.'” and “Recipe for Disaster by Aimee Lucido is not just tasty but also filling.”

—The Sydney Taylor Shmooze

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“With a delicious mix of prose, poetry, and recipes, this hybrid novel is another fresh, thoughtful, and accessible Versify novel that is cookin’.”

—New York Times Best-Selling Author Kwame Alexander

EXCERPT

(click to enlarge image)