With the Fire on High

From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award longlist title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent,prideand a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright. Ever since she got pregnant freshman yearEmoni SantiagoΓÇÖs life has been about making the tough decisionsΓÇödoing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchenwhere she adds a little something magical to everything she cooksturning her food into straight-up goodness. Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduatesEmoni knows that itΓÇÖs not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks she has to play byonce Emoni starts cookingher only choice is to let her talent break free.