{"id":1470,"date":"2024-08-15T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2024-08-15T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:46:00","slug":"starving-for-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/2024\/08\/15\/starving-for-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Starving for Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Books are on the menu at Uni High Library! Check out these fiction recommendations with food & food-related titles. No matter your taste, we are sure to have a story that suits your taste buds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2606 Fake Dates and Mooncakes<\/span><\/i> by Sher Lee \u2606<\/span><\/p>\n

Dylan Tang wants to win a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake-making competition\u00a0<\/span>for teen chefs\u2014in memory of his mom, and to bring much-needed publicity to his aunt\u2019s struggling Chinese takeout in Brooklyn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Enter T<\/span>heo S<\/span>omers: charming, wealthy, with a smile that makes Dylan\u2019s stomach do backflips. AKA a distraction. Their worlds are sun-and-moon apart, but Theo keeps showing up. He even convinces Dylan to be his fake date at a family wedding in the Hamptons.<\/p>\n

In Theo\u2019s glittering world of pomp, privilege, and crazy rich drama, their romance is supposed to be just pretend . . . but Dylan finds himself falling for Theo. For real. Then Theo\u2019s relatives reveal their true colors\u2014but with the mooncake contest looming, Dylan can\u2019t risk being sidetracked by rich-people problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

Can Dylan save his family\u2019s business and follow his heart\u2014or will he fail to do both?<\/span><\/p>\n

Find this book at Uni \u2013 Fiction L5156fa OR <\/span>Request it here!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2606 The Country of Ice Cream Star<\/span><\/i> by Sandra Newman \u2606<\/span><\/p>\n

In the ruins of a future America, fifteen-year-old Ice Cream Star and her nomadic tribe live off the detritus of a crumbled civilization. Theirs is a world of children; before reaching the age of twenty, they all die of a strange disease they call Posies–a plague that has killed for generations. There is no medicine, no treatment; only the mysterious rumor of a cure.<\/span><\/p>\n

When her brother begins showing signs of the disease, Ice Cream Star sets off on a bold journey to find this cure. Led by a stranger, a captured prisoner named Pasha who becomes her devoted protector and friend, Ice Cream Star plunges into the unknown, risking her freedom and ultimately her life. Traveling hundreds of miles across treacherous, unfamiliar territory, she will experience love, heartbreak, cruelty, terror, and betrayal, fighting to protect the only world she has ever known.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find this book at Uni \u2013 Fiction N468c2015 OR <\/span>Request it here!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2606 Vinegar Girl<\/span><\/i> by Anne Tyler \u2606<\/span><\/p>\n

Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she\u2019s always in trouble at work \u2013 her pre-school charges adore her, but their parents don\u2019t always appreciate her unusual opinions and forthright manner.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Battista has other problems. After years out in the academic wilderness, he is on the verge of a breakthrough. His research could help millions. There\u2019s only one problem: his brilliant young lab assistant, Pyotr, is about to be deported. And without Pyotr, all would be lost.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Dr. Battista cooks up an outrageous plan that will enable Pyotr to stay in the country, he\u2019s relying \u2013 as usual \u2013 on Kate to help him. Kate is furious: this time he\u2019s really asking too much. But will she be able to resist the two men\u2019s touchingly ludicrous campaign to bring her around?<\/span><\/p>\n

Find this book at Uni \u2013 Fiction T971hv OR <\/span>Request it here!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2606 The Pomegranate Gate<\/span><\/i> by Ariel Kaplan \u2606<\/span><\/p>\n

Toba Peres can speak, but not shout; she can walk, but not run. She can write with both hands, in different languages, but has not had a formal education. The only treasure Toba has dared to keep is a precious star sapphire, set in a necklace she must never take off.<\/span><\/p>\n

Naftaly Cresques sees things that aren\u2019t real, and dreams things that are. He is a well-trained tailor, but a middling one, and he is risking his life to smuggle a strange family heirloom: a centuries-old book he must never read, and must never lose.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Queen of the Sefarad has ordered all Jews to convert, or be exiled with nothing. Toba, Naftaly, and thousands of others are forced to flee their homes. Toba, accidentally separated from their caravan of refugees, stumbles through a strange pomegranate grove into the magical realm of the Maziks: mythical, terrible beings with immense power. There, she discovers latent abilities that put her in the crosshairs of bloodthirsty immortals, but may be key to her survival. On the other side of the gate, Naftaly, intent on rescuing Toba, finds his new companions harbor dangerous secrets of their own.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, hunted by an Inquisition in both worlds, Toba and Naftaly must unravel ancient histories and ancient magics in order to understand the link between the two realms. More than their own lives might be at stake.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find this book at Uni \u2013 Fiction K1412po OR <\/span>Request it here!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2606 The Vegetarian<\/span><\/i> by Han Kang \u2606<\/span><\/p>\n

Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, Yeong-hye decides to purge her mind and renounce eating meat. In a country where societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye’s decision to embrace a more \u201cplant-like\u201d existence is a shocking act of subversion. And as her passive rebellion manifests in ever more extreme and frightening forms, scandal, abuse, and estrangement begin to send Yeong-hye spiraling deep into the spaces of her fantasy. In a complete metamorphosis of both mind and body, her now dangerous endeavor will take Yeong-hye\u2014impossibly, ecstatically, tragically\u2014far from her once-known self altogether.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find this book at Uni \u2013 Fiction H1902c:E OR <\/span>Request it here!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Books are on the menu at Uni High Library! Check out these fiction recommendations with food & food-related titles. No matter your taste, we are sure to have a story that suits your taste buds.\u00a0   \u00a0 \u2606 Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee \u2606 Dylan Tang wants to win a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake-making […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1470"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1478,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470\/revisions\/1478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}