Recipe for Disaster

Recipe For Disaster is the story of Hannah, daughter of a Jewish mother and a dad who was raised Catholic. 

The author, Aimee Lucido grew up under similar circumstances to her protagonist, Hannah. 

In this story Hannah struggles with feelings about whether she is really Jewish or not and wanting a

Bat Mitzvah.  Also thrown in the story are cooking sessions with her Jewish grandmother

baking rugelach.  

I liked the clever way the author writes recipes that are about the ingredients for friendship and relationships. Also the author is very perceptive about the family dynamics between her parents, grandmother and siblings and friends.  This is a good story for middle schoolers to read for themselves 

and also for parents to read and discuss with their kids.