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Beyond the El parent’s guide: what’s inside
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This is a brief, literary short story that explores grief and healing through the lens of food and family tradition. The emotional weight centers on loss and the struggle to move forward after a parent's death, handled with sensitivity and depth rather than graphic content. The story emphasizes resilience, memory, and finding meaning through creative work, making it suitable for middle-grade readers mature enough to engage with grief as a theme.
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Connor is a food crafter just getting back into the business after his mother’s death. To cope with his grief, Connor spends day after day recreating her potstickers, but they are never quite what he remembers. To move on with his life, he will have to confront his past. Read John Chu's Tor.com Original short story, Be... Connor is a food crafter just getting back into the business after his mother’s death. To cope with his grief, Connor spends day after day recreating her potstickers, but they are never quite what he remembers. To move on with his life, he will have to confront his past. Read John Chu's Tor.com Original short story, Beyond the El. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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ISBN 9781250218322 · Tor Books