“Mann delivers all the right ingredients—an original setting, fresh characters, one truly spunky girl—and serves them up with honesty and love. Mama’s Chicken and Dumplings is delicious!” —Kathryn Erskine, National Book Award Winner

“In this sweet and funny novel, a Black girl in 1930s Virginia creates a plan to find the perfect husband for her mother.” —Shelf Awareness for Readers (starred review)

“Mann weaves in many period details that bring authenticity to the narrative. The well-drawn school, church, and home settings create believable backdrops for Mann’s first middle-grade novel, a simply told, heartening story of a girl facing ethical dilemmas and achieving what had once seemed to be impossible.”—Booklist

“[An] amiable story.”—The Horn Book