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The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
by Pablo Cartaya
There is a Mexican Restaurant in my town called Muy Bueno(very good). The restaurant was originally run by the family members and a few other people. There was an older woman who only spoke Spanish and her daughters who worked as servers. My family knew every single person who worked in the restaurant and they knew us. We went there once a week for a long time. They had, what I thought to be, the best Mexican food in town. Now while this restaurant sounds like the one in the book, Muy Bueno never had to deal with a rampant business mogul trying to take over the town.
La Cocina de Isla or Island Kitchen is a true example of what family-run businesses look like. It was so much like Muy Bueno that it could have been real. I think that's what makes this book so good and so open. Especially the way Abuela talks to Arturo in Spanish and he responds in English. You don't have to know Spanish to read this book because of the context in which it is said. And underneath all that fighting Wilfrido Pipo, there is a little of a love story between Arturo and Carmen. I have never seen a 13-year-old kiss someone in real life but apparently, it's possible.
La Cocina de Isla or Island Kitchen is a true example of what family-run businesses look like. It was so much like Muy Bueno that it could have been real. I think that's what makes this book so good and so open. Especially the way Abuela talks to Arturo in Spanish and he responds in English. You don't have to know Spanish to read this book because of the context in which it is said. And underneath all that fighting Wilfrido Pipo, there is a little of a love story between Arturo and Carmen. I have never seen a 13-year-old kiss someone in real life but apparently, it's possible.