All You Knead Is Love

 All You Knead Is Love by Tanya Guerrero, 384 pages.

Alba doesn't want to move to Barcelona with her estranged grandmother, and she feels deeply unwanted. But getting away from her abusive father and distant mother help her bloom in ways she never could have imagined. Alba makes new friends, gets close to her grandmother, and meets an old friend of her mom's, who describes a carefree version of her mother she's never met and ignites in her a passion for bread baking. But things don't stop changing when she gets to Barcelona. As the bakery she's come to love struggles against financial ruin, is this new life truly sturdy enough to build on?

This was a pretty solid middle grade coming-of-age novel. I'm not sure there's a lot here to recommend it to adults, but I do think I would definitely recommend it to middle schoolers. I really liked Alba, and I thought all of the characters were really interesting, even if this may not be the most nuanced book.