Chef Yasmina and the Potato Panic

An American Library Association 2021 Best Graphic Novel for Children

In this silly, action-packed graphic novel, a young chef must protect her town from an onslaught of scientifically enhanced, highly addictive potatoes!

Yasmina isn't like the other kids in her city. Maybe it's the big chef hat she wears. Or the fact that she stuffs her dad's lunchbox full of spring rolls instead of peanut butter and jelly. She might be an oddball, but no one can deny that Yasmina has a flair for food. All she needs to whip up a gourmet meal is a recipe from her cookbook and fresh vegetable form the community garden.

But everything changes when the garden is bulldozed and replaced with a strange new crop of potatoes. Her neighbors can't get enough of these spuds! And after just one bite their behavior changes--they slobber, chase cats, and howl at the moon. What's the secret ingredient in these potatoes that has everyone acting like a bunch of crazed canines? Yasmina needs to find a cure, and fast!

Author: Wauter Mannaert
Publisher: First Second
Published: 02/09/2021
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.30w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781250622044
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.8
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 512166 / Chef Yasmina and the Potato Panic


Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2020
School Library Journal 01/01/2021 pg. 70
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2021
Booklist 01/01/2021 pg. 56

About the Author
Wauter Mannaert, born in 1978, has a master's degree in film and animation from the Saint Luc Arts Institute in Brussels, which he obtained in 2002. He currently works in the Belgian capital as a graphic novelist, illustrator, and cartoonist. Following his studies, and before turning towards comics, he specialized in media education and worked for years with youth in one of Brussels' most deprived neighborhoods. His graphic novels include Weegee: Serial Photographer (written by Max de Radiguès) and El Mesías (written by Mark Bellido and available in English from Europe Comics).