Morning Sun in Wuhan, by Ying Chang Compestine is a delightful middle school book about the beginning of Covid in Wuhan, China.
Told from the point of view of a young girl living in an apartment complex near the hospital. We meet Mei a thirteen year old girl just after her mother has recently passed. She is intrigued with cooking dishes that remind her of cooking with her mother and also playing a cooking computer game with a few friends.
Her father is a surgeon at the local hospital and when Covid breaks out he cannot not come home to the apartment, leaving Mei alone. Her refrigerator is full and she can play games to communicate with two boys she knows, but things are getting more drastic as food supplies dwindle and people are having to lock down. A neighborhood support group forms and Mei and her friends step up to help with cooking meals and delivery.
This is a must read book for everyone about how community worked together helping each other through a crisis. Also there are some simple recipes in the book that Mei cooks for herself and others. Some look easy and delicious.
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