![]() But before the brothers can accomplish this – they are eleven and nine, to be fair – they first must go to school, learn to speak English, and (most importantly) keep their after-school oven usage a secret from their mother. Missing from their lives is their father, who’d died before the book begins, but Jingwen has goals to live out his father’s dream: to run a bakery called Pie in the Sky, where their family can sell amazing cakes. The story is told from the perspective of Jingwen, an eleven-year-old who immigrates with his mother and younger brother, Yanghao, from China to Australia. ![]() Loss, culture shock, cakes, and the dream that ties it all together – these are the cornerstone themes of this year’s All Iowa Reads book for children, Remy Lai’s debut titled Pie in the Sky. Review by Kamryn Kronschnabel, Patron Service Librarian ![]()
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