The Secret Ingredient

Authors: Lewis, Stewart
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
BISAC/Subject: YAF052000, YAF018020, YAF013000
ISBN: 9780449810019, Related ISBNs: 0375991069, 0385743319, 0385743327, 0449810011, 9780375991066
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 272,
Audience: Young adult
Synopsis:    Sixteen-year-old Olivia loves living in Silverlake, Los Angeles, with her dads, Bell and Enrique, and her brother, Jeremy. But when Olivia discovers that Bell's restaurant, FOOD, is in trouble, she applies for a job at a casting agency. The day of her interview, Olivia meets a psychic in an elevator who tells her that this summer will be pivotal. Soon after, Olivia stumbles upon a vintage cookbook with handwritten notes in the margins and starts to date a gorgeous boy named Theo. As Olivia reads the notes in the cookbook and cooks the recipes, she forms a kinship with the previous owner and becomes increasingly aware of the emptiness she feels without a mother. When Olivia discovers her birthmother's name and address, there's nothing to stop Olivia from meeting her. But sometimes the things we search for are the things we've always known.
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