Tomatoes for Neela MIDDLE GRADE deeply layered novel about a

deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama

wondrous moment the girls are all giggles and dreams and promises of “friends forever

And at each life turn there is Ultima

But when a new student named Kalinda arrives

Tomatoes for Neela MIDDLE GRADE deeply layered novel about aPadma Lakshmi, bestselling author and host of Bravos Top Chef and Hulus Taste the Nation, and Caldecott Honor winning illustrator Juana Martinez Neal team up in this celebration of food and family. Some of my fondest memories from childhood are of cooking with the women in my family. It is the foundation for all I have spent my life working on. Padma LakshmiNeela loves cooking with her amma and writing down the recipes in her notebook. It makes her