#saadia faruqi

[the-book-ferret]

In this engaging and moving middle grade novel, Saadia Faruqi writes about a contemporary Pakistani American girl whose passion for journalism starts a conversation about her grandmother’s experience of the Partition of India and Pakistan—and the bond that the two form as she helps Dadi tell her story.

When her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is going to disrupt everything about her life. She doesn’t have time to be Dadi’s unofficial babysitter—her journalism teacher has announced that their big assignment will be to film a documentary, which feels more like storytelling than what Maha would call “journalism.”

As Dadi starts to settle into life in Houston and Maha scrambles for a subject for her documentary, the two of them start talking. About Dadi’s childhood in northern India—and about the Partition that forced her to leave her home and relocate to the newly created Pakistan.

As details of Dadi’s life are revealed, Dadi’s personal story feels a lot more like the breaking news that Maha loves so much. And before she knows it, she has the subject of her documentary.

Thank you to @theshelfstuff for sending me a copy of the book.

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5 out of 5 stars

Zara and Zeeshan have grown up with <i>very</i> different interests, despite being twins. Zara has a passion for animals, documenting every one she sees with her nature app and has even protested for their rights. Zeeshan has his eyes to the stars, following every livestream that NASA drops. Their parents become exasperated over their arguing while starting their vacation and decide to take their phones as punishment. Of course, this horrifies the teens, but their parents say that they can't get them back until they've gotten along the whole rest of the trip. They have to stick together through the vacation also.

They stumble upon a loggerhead turtle, which Zara has named Sunshine. It seems to be injured and Zara tries her hardest to figure out what's wrong with the turtle, all while Zeeshan tries to get her to leave the turtle alone and go with him to explore the beach and the hotel's amenities.

Throughout the book, we see flashbacks to help explain the relationship between the twins, their peers, and their parents. We see Zara make the decision to wear the hijab as an outward sign of her faith, then get harassed at school because of it. We see Zeeshan attempt to join a space club at school and be called names by two bullies in the club.

However, we also see how their parents help guide the twins through these obstacles. Their parents seem to be such wonderful people who are trying to raise wonderful children--which they seem to be accomplishing as they give lessons about acceptance.

The art is soft, almost like watercolors. The flashbacks that were painted in soft browns and beige. Overall, the whole book has beautiful artwork that's worth looking at just by itself.

#book review #5 stars #graphic novel #saving sunshine #saadia faruqi

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Book Review: “A Place at the Table” by Saadia Faruqi & Laura Shovan

“A Place at the Table” by Saadia Faruqi & Laura Shovan (2020) Genre: Middle Grade, Fiction, Contemporary Page Length: 320 pages (hardcover edition) Synopsis: Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a white, Jewish girl meet when they take a South Asian cooking class taught by Sara’s mom. Sixth-graders Sara and Elizabeth could not be more different. Sara is at a new school…

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#A Place at the Table #book blog #book review #contemporary #Fiction #food books #Laura Shovan #Middle Grade #Saadia Faruqi

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A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi

A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi

Title: A Tousand QuestionsAuthor: Saadia FaruqiRating Out of 5: 4 (Really good read!)My Bookshelves: Children, ContemporaryPace: MediumFormat: NovelYear: 2020 What an incredibly, incredibly beautiful story. I mean, everything about this is impossible not to love. The building of the friendship alone in this was beautiful. We, the world, need more tales of friendships and girl-love. About being…

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#Children&039;s #Contemporary #Saadia Faruqi

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🌙 Ramadan Mubarak - Books ft. Muslims

🦇 Good morning, my beautiful bookish bats. To celebrate this Islamic holy month, here are a FEW books featuring Muslim characters. I hope you consider adding a few to your TBR.

❓What was the last book you read that taught you something new OR what's at the top of your TBR?

🌙 A Woman is No Man - Etaf Rum 🌙 Amal Unbound - Aisha Saeed 🌙 Love From A to Z - S.K. Ali 🌙 Hana Khan Carries On - Uzma Jalaluddin 🌙 Yes No Maybe So - Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed 🌙 Evil Eye - Etaf Rum 🌙 I Am Malala - Malala Yousafzai 🌙 Exit West - Mohsin Hamid 🌙 Written in the Stars - Aisha Saeed 🌙 The Night Diary - Veera Hiranandani 🌙 Much Ado About Nada - Uzma Jalaluddin 🌙 The Eid Gift - S.K. Ali 🌙 More Than Just a Pretty Face - Syed M. Masood 🌙 Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero - Saadia Faruqi 🌙 If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan 🌙 Snow - Orhan Pamuk 🌙 Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged - Ayisha Malik 🌙 The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad 🌙 And I Darken - Kiersten White 🌙 The Last White Man - Mohsin Hamid

🌙 Hijab Butch Blues - Lamya H 🌙 The Bad Muslim Discount - Syed M. Masood 🌙 Ms. Marvel - G. Willow Wilson 🌙 Love from Mecca to Medina - S.K. Ali 🌙 The City of Brass - S.A. Chakraborty 🌙 The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim 🌙 A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar 🌙 A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi 🌙 An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi 🌙 The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan 🌙 The Moor’s Account - Laila Lalami 🌙 Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian 🌙 Salt Houses by Hala Alyan 🌙 When a Brown Girl Flees by Aamna Quershi 🌙 Jasmine Falling by Shereen Malherbe 🌙 Between Two Moons by Aisha Abdel Gawad 🌙 Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini 🌙 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 🌙 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 🌙 Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal

🌙 Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie 🌙 All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir 🌙 The Bohemians by Jasmin Darznik 🌙 Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin 🌙 A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif 🌙 Chronicle of a Last Summer by Yasmine El Rashidi 🌙 A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena 🌙 Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga 🌙 The Mismatch by Sara Jafari 🌙 Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah 🌙 You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen 🌙 Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali 🌙 Once Upon an Eid - S.K. Ali and Aisha Saeed 🌙 Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan 🌙 Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson 🌙 The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar 🌙 A Show for Two by Tashie Bhuiyan 🌙 Nayra and the Djinn by Michael Berry 🌙 All-American Muslim Girl by Lucinda Dyer 🌙 It All Comes Back to You by Farah Naz Rishi

🌙 The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim 🌙 Salaam, with Love by Sara Sharaf Beg 🌙 Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf 🌙 How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi 🌙 Zara Hossain Is Here by Sabina Khan 🌙 Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam 🌙 She Wore Red Trainers by Na'ima B. Robert 🌙 Hollow Fires by Lucinda Dyer 🌙 Internment by Samira Ahmed 🌙 Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa 🌙 Love in a Headscarf - Shelina Zahra Janmohamed 🌙 Courting Samira by Amal Awad 🌙 The Other Half of Happiness by Ayisha Malik 🌙 Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy 🌙 Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed 🌙 Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed 🌙 Muslim Girls Rise - Saira Mir and Aaliya Jaleel 🌙 Amira & Hamza - Samira Ahmed 🌙 The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf 🌙 Nura and the Immortal Palace by M.T. Khan

🌙 As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh 🌙 Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan 🌙 Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao 🌙 The Yard - Aliyyah Eniath 🌙 When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar 🌙 The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty 🌙 Maya's Laws of Love by Alina Khawaja 🌙 The Chai Factor by Farah Heron 🌙 The Beauty of Your Face - Sahar Mustafah 🌙 Hope Ablaze by Sarah Mughal Rana

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Fun Books to Read During Hanukkah 

[via Book Riot]

Hanukkah starts December 18 this year, and while it may be one of the better known Jewish holidays, it’s actually one of the more minor ones in Judaism. Each night we light one candle of the menorah until all of the candles are lit, banishing darkness with light. We play dreidel, exchange gifts, and sing songs.

But what to read over Hanukkah? Here are some fun Hanukkah books to grab during the holiday, whether you’re looking for books for kids, teens, or adults. While each book may not be specifically about Hanukkah, they all have themes that go along with the holiday, or they’re a fun escape.

KIDS:

The Golden Dreidel by Ellen Kushner

A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Honey and Me by Meira Drazin.

YA:

It’s a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Stories Edited by Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman

All Kinds of Other by James Sie

How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow

ADULTS:

Koshersoul: The Food and Faith Journey of an African American Jew by Michael W. Twitty

Triburbia by Karl Taro Greenfeld

#cheshire library #hanukkah #book list

[doll-collecting-aerialist]

What’s on Kavi’s Bookshelf?

These are a couple titles I’ve collected that give big Kavi vibes. Keep in mind that I haven’t read all of these books- so I can’t be the best judge of content matter. This is just a fun way to show a bunch of books that relate to a single character!! I have enough to do an Evette and a Luciana post, if anyone is interested.

For creativity’s sake, I’m not including written scripts and novel adaptations of musicals.

The Chance To Fly//Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz

Middle Grade

Can a wheelchair user even be in a musical? Nat loves musicals, so when she gets ensemble in a children’s production of Wicked, she’s ecstatic. And her cast mates are nice about her disability.. Well, mostly. Even still, Nat doesn’t know if she truly deserves a place in Wicked. After all, she hasn’t seen anyone like her in any musical, let alone Wicked. When things start to mysteriously go wrong, Nat realizes it’s up to her to save their production. But is she brave enough to put a stop to it?

The Roof Over Our Heads//Nicole Kronzer

Young Adult

Finn and his family of theatrical talent live in a historic mansion- owned by the Beauregard. However, when new management threatens Finn’s family’s place at this historic home, Finn’s family decides to throw an immersive theatrical show in an effort to raise money and outcry, or at the very least, go out with a bang. When interpersonal conflict, and a frightening diagnosis threaten to shut down the experience completely, Finn is left wondering whether the show will go on.

That Thing About Bollywood//Supriya Kelkar

Middle Grade

Sonali’s world is collapsing. It’s like no one listens to her, and to make matters worse, her parents might be separating. Sonali wishes she could tell them how she feels, but she’s embarrassed to admit her upset. In an effort to cope, she buries herself in her Bollywood interest. But when her friends and family start belting out in song, and her world transforms into a Bollywood set, Sonali realizes that she has to do something, and that maybe hiding how she really feels isn’t so healthy.

Marya Khan and the Incredible Henna Party//Saadia Faruqi

Early Chapter Book

Marya Khan may or may not have told her class that her eighth birthday party is going to be an epic henna party, as an effort to one-up her rich neighbor. Okay, she totally did. But it’s not a total lie- she just has to convince her parents to throw one. And what do parents love more than a clean house and an already cooked dinner? Nothing can go wrong- right?

Stand Up, Yumi Chung!//Jessica Kim

Middle Grade

Yumi Chung dreams of being a comedian with her very own Netflix special. Unfortunately, her parents and her awkwardness have other ideas. Yumi’s summer is spent at a test prep school, and she is not happy about it. But things start to look up when one of her favorite comedians hosts a kid’s comedy workshop. The only catch is that everyone at this camp thinks she’s the absent camper, Kay Nakamura, and Yumi is way to panicked to correct them.

Midsummer’s Mayhem//Rajani LaRocca

Middle Grade

In this contemporary retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mimi realizes there may be more to Massachusetts than meets the eye..

Mimi is sick of being the untalented family member, so when a mysterious new bakery opens and hosts a competition, Mimi realizes that this is her chance to grab the spotlight. Quickly, she begins making treats made from exotic ingredients her strange new friend finds in the woods. But when her renowned food blogger dad begins to act strangely and loose his food know-how, Mimi’s world begins to crumble. What’s wrong with her father? And why did this new bakery randomly appear in the middle of the night? And most of all, who truly is her new friend?

Lights, Camera, Disaster//Erin M. Dionne

Middle Grade

With parts written in play script format, Lights, Camera, Disaster tells the story of Hester, a future playwright with ADHD. Hester loves making movies. Rarely seen without a camera in her hand, or a pencil in her hair, Hester knows that she wants a career involving the big screen. But right now, her current job is trying to pass the eighth grade, which is easier said than done with executive function issues.

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Middle Grade Novels About Partition, by Veera Hiranandani and Saadia Faruqi

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Graphic novel: "Saving Sunshine" by Saadia Faruqi

Twins Zara and Zeeshan have been having problems arguing for ages. This time, though, they might have taken things too far. On the plane to a weeklong vacation, their parents confiscate their phones and tell the kids that they are to spend the vacation TOGETHER, and have to GET ALONG.

There's no way this is going to work. They have NOTHING in common...right?

This book deals not only with sibling animosity, but also racial discrimination. The parents were born in Pakistan, their children born in America, and Zeeshan ESPECIALLY hates it when he is asked where he's "from." Zara, as a hijabi, faces her own challenges, made all the worse because she feels her brother doesn't stand up for her.

The action between these two conflicts is in counterpoint to the titular problem, that of a beached sea turtle, whom Zara names Sunshine. The kids bond over the creature, allowing Zeeshan to appreciate Zara's love of nature (and prompting Zara to embrace her brother's special interest of space).

Overall, a cute story, not too high-stakes, but covering some very tough issues. The racial profiling and discrimination--both outright aggression and microaggressions--isn't waved away. It's acknowledged, and worked upon, and we get the impression that most of the repeating characters outside the family have improved by the end of the book. But, more importantly, we can see that the twins have regained one-another as allies, and will be stronger together in the future.

Advanced reader copy provided by the publisher.

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Friends Fur-ever by Saadia Faruqi

Friends Fur-ever by Saadia Faruqi

Friends Fur-ever (Must Love Pets, #1) by Saadia Faruqi. Scholastic Inc, 2022. 9781338783421 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Uncorrected proof Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book?  Imaan loves dogs, and hopes to convince her mother to let her get one.  None of her persuasive tactics have worked so far; she needs to prove she can be…

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books I’ve read in 2021 📖 no. 110

A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

“We shouldn’t judge food until we try it.  Just because it’s different doesn’t mean it’s not delicious. Same goes for people.”

#books #2021 reads #a place at the table #saadia faruqi #Laura shovan #middle grade #booklr #mine

[kurmi]

(vía Review—'A Place at the Table'- Friendship Can Blossom and Spring Unlikely Combinations)

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Saadia Faruqi&#39;s new novel explores racism against Muslims after 9/11 - Sun, 12 Sep 2021 PST

Saadia Faruqi was in college when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks happened in 2001. Faruqi experienced the aftermath of the attacks differently than many other people in the United States. She is Muslim. The hijackers who flew airplanes also were Muslim. Saadia Faruqi's new novel explores racism against Muslims after 9/11 - Sun, 12 Sep 2021 PST

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New Yasmin Books! Great Early Readers By Houston Author Saadia Faruqi

New Yasmin Books! Great Early Readers By Houston Author Saadia Faruqi

Author Saadia Faruqiburst onto the children’s literary scene with the introduction of her Yasmin series in 2018. Published both individually and in a collection, the stories of the spunky, strong and smart Yasmin won rave reviews from critics, praise from teachers and the love of children. Although directed at ages 5-8 the combination of her humorous adventure stories and the whimsical, bold…

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