Pie in the Sky ISBN: 9781406389616

El Deafo meets Inside Out and Back Again in this funny, emotional illustrated middle-grade debut novel about immigrating to Australia, being upstaged by an annoying little brother, baking cakes and overcoming loss. When Jingwen moves to Australia, he feels like hes landed on Mars. School is torture, making friends is impossible, since he doesnt speak English, and hes stuck looking after his (extremely irritating) little brother, Yanghao. To distract himself from the loneliness, Jingwen daydreams about making all the cakes on the menu of the bakery his father had planned to open before he unexpectedly passed away. The only problem is his mothers rule: no using the oven while shes at work. As Jingwen and Yanghao bake more elaborate cakes, theyll have to cook up more elaborate excuses to keep their baking a secret--and continue the dream their father started.