This book falls into the realistic fiction genre because it is about a boy that was adopted from a korean family into an italian family, which is true and believable. Yes, this is a first novel by a talented writer, rose kent, a novel which asks that universal question. The italian food and asian dishes described should offer plenty of ideas for what you can serve at a book club. Subscribe for more videos on book talks about any book. Adopted from korea by italian parents, fourteenyearold joseph calderaro begins to make important selfdiscoveries about race and family after his social studies teacher assigns an essay on cultural heritage and tracing the past. Since joseph was an adopted korean boy in an italian. It sounds like a quirky food fusion of korean and italian cuisine, and its exactly how joseph calderaro feels about himself. On his fourteenth birthday joseph gets fresh, fried calamari squid if you dont know, prepared by his italianamerican mom. It tells the story of joseph, a young boy who was adopted from korea by an italian american family. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Kimchi and calamari has many things for motherdaughter book clubs to like and talk about.
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