I Want to Be Spaghetti! Marissa Valdez Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

and reviewers Samuel Sattin and Patrick Macias

courtesy of a mystery traitor on base

From National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes the story of one Dominican American family told through the voices of its women

even when they are playing in their favorite ways

I Want to Be Spaghetti! Marissa Valdez Emmanuel Ofosu YeboahA funny debut picture book about how one little ramen packet finds self love and belonging in a spaghetti obsessed world. Even from Ramen's small shelf in the supermarket, they see spaghetti propaganda everywhere. They want to be celebrated, too. Maybe, Ramen misguidedly thinks, I have to change to be loved like that. "I want to be spaghetti!" they proclaim to the dismay of the rest of the instant noodle section. But when Ramen's brought home and