Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business

Mindy Kim and her father have just moved to Florida from California after the loss of Mindy's mom. Mindy is starting a new school, and she is having trouble adjusting to the dearth of diverse cultures in her new environment. It is through seaweed that Mindy first estranges herself and then forms connections and then becomes estranged again, and, finally, bonds with others again.

It's a wonderful story of the difficulties of childhood connections and learning to get along with those who are different and the struggles of loss and moving, with fresh and vulnerable yet strong characters.