Off Menu: A Graphic Novel

The last thing on Soup’s to-do list is to make waves at the restaurant she calls home,but when her boss’s villainous behavior becomes toxicshe decides to dismantle his power by beating him at his own game-cooking! This graphic novel is an empowering story about taking risksfinding your voiceand being brave enough to stand up for friends. At seventeenSoup is at a crossroadseager to make her mark on the worldyet reluctant to leave the restaurant she calls home–the place where she was found as a babythe place where she grew upthe place where she learned to cook. It’s only when her elven boss snaps at her that she begins to see his pattern of abusestarting in the kitchen and extending all across town. Something’s got to giveand the answer is simple: a cooking competition for the restaurant. If Soup winsshe’ll claim the business and protect her village from destructive expansion. But if she losesshe’ll have to leave her home and stand by as the food community she loves is razed to the ground. With friends and chosen family rallying around herSoup has a chance to win. Yeteveryone knows villains don’t fight fairand this restauranteur is not going to give up his throne so easily . . .