Ana Shen has what her social studies teacher calls a marvelously biracialmulticultural family but what Ana simply calls a Chinese American father andan African ... » 

Ana Shen has what her social studies teacher calls a marvelously biracialmulticultural family but what Ana simply calls a Chinese American father andan African American mother. And on eighthgrade graduation day thats a recipefor disaster. Both sets of grandparents are in town to celebrate and Anasbest friend has convinced her to invite Jamie Tabatathe cutest boy in schoolfor a homecooked meal. Now Ana and her family have four hours to prepare theirfavorite dishes for dinner and Grandma White and Nai Nai cant agree onanything. Ana is tired of feeling caught between her grandparents and wishesshe knew whose side she was supposed to be on. But when they all sit down fortheir hot sour salty and sweet meal Ana comes to understand how each ofthese different flavors like family fit perfectly together. From theHardcover edition. «