Stef Soto, Taco Queen

Name: Stef Soto, Taco Queen
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Jennifer Torres
ISBN: 9781515947271

Author: Jennifer Torres

Narrator: Kyla García

Unabridged: 3 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/10/2019

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

A heartwarming and charming debut novel about family, friends, and finding your voice all wrapped up in a warm tortilla.

Seventh grader Estefania "Stef" Soto is itching to shake off the onion-and-cilantro embrace of Tia Perla, her family's taco truck. She wants nothing more than for her dad to get a normal job and for Tia Perla to be put out to pasture. It's no fun being known as the "Taco Queen" at school.

But just when new city regulations are proposed, and her family's livelihood is threatened, she will have to become the truck's unlikely champion.

About Jennifer Torres

Jennifer Torres works as a freelance journalist and leads an early literacy campaign on behalf of the University of the Pacific. She is the author of Flor and Miranda Steal the Show; Stef Soto, Taco Queen; and Finding the Music/En pos de la musica and lives with her husband and two little girls in central California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy on June 05, 2016

I loved this book and its slice of life portrayal of a young girl trying to sprout her wings under the overly-watchful eyes of her immigrant parents. The parents' characters are wonderful, but it is Stef and her classmates that sing on the page. No false steps here, just gloriously messy reality of......more

Goodreads review by Bookishrealm on July 24, 2017

3.5 Stars Read for Booktubeathon 2017 This was definitely more than just a book about a taco truck and a girl. It was a coming of age story, a story about family, and a story about fighting for what you want the most in life and I loved that. I didn't realize that Stef would be so willing to give up......more

Goodreads review by Jen on July 07, 2016

What a fabulous story. Torres has created such a lovable and strong character in Stef, who is *such* a middle-grade heroine, simultaneously embarrassed by and driven to support and protect her parents. Such wonderful details of her culture, too!......more

Goodreads review by T. on June 21, 2016

Important, poignant, readable, and relatable. I love Stef and her family.......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on June 28, 2016

This is such a lovely story. The relationship between Stef and her parents felt so authentic and was beautifully written. You will fall in love with Tia Perla. (And all of Papi's food!)......more