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A review by ljrinaldi
Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai
4.0
Cake makes everything better
This is a well done Fish Out of Water story, except in this case, it is Martian in Australia.
Jingwen cannot learn English as fast as his brother can, and he is feeling isolated. He knows this is happening, but he is also sad that his father didn’t live to see them emigrate to Australia. The only way he knows how to mourn is to recreate the cakes that his father and he made, that they had planned to make at his shop, that he would one day have.
Jingwen thinks if he can make all the cakes, for the shop that was going to be called Pie in the Sky, that he would feel better about his dad dying.
The voice of Jingwen is quite lovely, and funny at the same time.
This is how he describes his sadness:
All the while I was telling Yanghao about Papa, my nose didn’t burn. Somehow, the sweetness of the cakes takes away the bitter sadness. Somehow, sometimes during the cake making, some of the seashells in my pockets disappear.
A well crafted book that anyone who has started a new school, or had to move, can relate to, even if you know the local language.
This is a well done Fish Out of Water story, except in this case, it is Martian in Australia.
Jingwen cannot learn English as fast as his brother can, and he is feeling isolated. He knows this is happening, but he is also sad that his father didn’t live to see them emigrate to Australia. The only way he knows how to mourn is to recreate the cakes that his father and he made, that they had planned to make at his shop, that he would one day have.
Jingwen thinks if he can make all the cakes, for the shop that was going to be called Pie in the Sky, that he would feel better about his dad dying.
The voice of Jingwen is quite lovely, and funny at the same time.
This is how he describes his sadness:
All the while I was telling Yanghao about Papa, my nose didn’t burn. Somehow, the sweetness of the cakes takes away the bitter sadness. Somehow, sometimes during the cake making, some of the seashells in my pockets disappear.
A well crafted book that anyone who has started a new school, or had to move, can relate to, even if you know the local language.