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Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a Jewish girl, connect in an after school cooking club and bond over food and their mothers' struggles to become United States citizens.

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Main Authors: Faruqi, Saadia (Author), Shovan, Laura (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Clarion Books, [2020]
Subjects:
Muslims > United States > Juvenile fiction.
Cooking > Juvenile fiction.
Jews > United States > Juvenile fiction.
Pakistani Americans > Juvenile fiction.
British Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Juvenile fiction.
Middle schools > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a Jewish girl, connect in an after school cooking club and bond over food and their mothers' struggles to become United States citizens.
Physical Description:325 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 10 to 12.
Grades 4-6.
ISBN:9780358116684
0358116686
Author Notes:Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American author, essayist, interfaith activist, and author of the Yasmin books, an early reader series about a Pakistani American girl. She lives with her husband and children in Houston, Texas, where she is editor-in-chief of Blue Minaret, a magazine for Muslim art, poetry, and prose.



Laura Shovan is the author of two previous middle grade novels, The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary and Takedown . She lives with her family in Maryland, where she is a longtime poet-in-the-schools for the Maryland State Arts Council.

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