Eli Over Easy -- Phil Stamper, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Small Town Pride, Phil Stamper, comes a heartfelt coming-of-age middle grade novel about grief, love, loss, and finding your way forward in the vein of Kate Allen's The Line Tender and Jules Machias's Both Can Be True.

The last few months have been pretty tough for Eli. He moved to New York City and left his small town in Minnesota with his extended family and everyone he knows. He hasn't made any new friends. And his mom died unexpectedly, shattering his whole world. He misses Mom more and more every day, but Dad refuses to talk about her, leaving Eli alone in his grief.

Then Eli finds a stash of instructional cooking videos his mom made, revealing her dream of being a celebrity chef. With the help of the cute new neighbor boy, Mathias, Eli decides to follow his mother's recipes using her videos. If he can re-create his mom's special dishes, then maybe a part of her can stay with him forever. But what happens when the videos run out?

Author: Phil Stamper
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 10/03/2023
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.85w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780063118836
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/04/2023
Booklist 09/15/2023 pg. 48