Saadia Faruqi

Told in two voices, eleven-year-olds Mimi, who is visiting her wealthy grandparents in Karachi, Pakistan, for the first time and Sakina, daughter of the grandparents' cook, form an unexpected friendship.

"Marya loves fall. Every year, her family goes to the town's fall festival and picks out the best pumpkin. But this year, after she sees her frenemy Alexa winning a big, cool pumpkin-shaped trophy, Marya knows she's got to win a trophy for something. It just so happens that her school is going to hold its own fall festival, with games and food and even a hayride. All the ticket sales will go to an animal shelter, and the person who sells the most...

It is cooking day with Dadi, but Ali's little brother, Fateh, keeps getting in the way and annoying his brother.

In this fun collection of four new Yasmin stories, Yasmin tackles every challenge she faces with her head and her heart! Whether she's helping to solve a recycling problem at school, trying to avoid a science fair fiasco, searching for a favorite lost book, or gathering her courage to join in the fun, Yasmin is always willing to give it a try!

"Must Love Pets has a new job: pet sitting three adorable kittens. What Imaan, London, and Olivia don't expect is all the trouble these tiny creatures can get into, from climbing the curtains, to crawling on kitchen counters, and spilling baking supplies everywhere. To get out of the house--and out of Mama's hair--the girls take the kittens to a local farmers' market. There, they meet the world's cutest goat, and the kittens have a ball. At the end...

When Marya's third-grade class participates in taking care of the school's new garden, Marya wants to be the student leader in charge, but every time she tries to prove she has what it takes to be a leader things get messy.

With her eighth birthday coming up, Marya claims she is having an epic henna party, so now she must convince her family to make it happen and work to pull it off, but everything Marya does seems to end in disaster.

Second grader Ali Tahir is excited for the festival of Eid, and looking forward to the family party, but first he has to watch his little brother, Fateh, who is in a very cranky mood, and keeps throwing tantrums.

A new, young middle-grade series that combines the heart and friendship of the Baby-sitters Club, with the irresistible appeal of adorable animals! Pet-sitters for hire! Imaan Bashir loves dogs, but she doesn't have one. Yet. If only, there were a surefire way to demonstrate her special canine connection to her mom. Then she'd be, well on her way to pampering a pup of her very own. When one of Imaan's neighbors needs a last minute pet-sitter for...

Ms. Alex has assigned Yasmin's class to write about their heroes. Yasmin loves to write, but she can't decide who her hero is. After dismissing lots of ideas, could it be that Yasmin's hero has been right beside her all along?