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

Second grader Ali goes insect hunting in the park with his mother, but soon feels like the bugs are out to get him--until his mother reminds him that he is a visitor in the insects' world.

Ali plans to do magic tricks for show-and-tell, and is embarrassed when they fail--but sometimes a magician just needs an assistant to get back on track.

Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper, California, they understand each other the way no one else...

Lahore, Pakistán. Entonces. Misbah es una joven soñadora que acaba de casarse con Toufiq en un matrimonio concertado. Tras ser golpeados por la tragedia, viajan a los Estados Unidos en busca de un nuevo comienzo y abren el motel Clouds' Rest Inn. Juniper, California. Ahora. Salahudin y Noor son más que mejores amigos: se consideran familia. Al crecer como marginados en una pequeña ciudad desértica se entienden mutuamente mejor que nadie. Hasta...

"It is 1995, and Anvar Faris is a restless, rebellious, and sharp-tongued boy doing his best to grow up in Karachi, Pakistan. As fundamentalism takes root within the social order and the zealots next door attempt to make Islam great again, his family decides, not quite unanimously, to start life over in California. Ironically, Anvar's deeply devout mother and his model-Muslim brother adjust easily to life in America, while his fun-loving father can't...

"Deena’s never given a name to the familiar knot in her stomach that appears when her parents argue about money, when it’s time to go to school, or when she struggles to find the right words. She manages to make it through each day with the help of her friends and the art she loves to make. While her parents’ money troubles cause more and more stress, Deena wonders if she can use her artistic talents to ease their burden. She creates a logo...

Twelve-year-old Adnan dreams of making it to the Ultimate Table Tennis championship, but when tragedy strikes his family, Adnan loses his passion for table tennis and must learn to channel his grief and heal.

Second-grader Ali, his grandfather, and little brother Fateh head to the South Asian market to buy some snacks, but Ali loses Fateh and has to figure out quickly how to find him among the market's many aisles.

"At home, Baba's got a mystery ailment, and Nani thinks there's a thief afoot. At the farm, Yasmin is put in charge of the chicks--but one goes missing! And at the ice rink, Yasmin puts on a brave face and tries something new. No matter the challenge, puzzle, or mystery, Yasmin gives her all to figure it out!"--Back cover.