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.--

"Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country's same anger and grief is all focused on his Muslim community"--

Meet Yasmin! Yasmin is a spirited second-grader who's always on the lookout for those "aha" moments to help her solve life's little problems. Taking inspiration from her surroundings and her big imagination, she boldly faces any situation, assuming her imagination doesn't get too big, of course! A creative thinker and curious explorer, Yasmin and her multi-generational Pakistani American family will delight and inspire readers.

When spring arrives, Yasmin and her Baba plant a garden but Yasmin's flower seedling keeps wilting until her Nani sits in the sun, revealing to Yasmin what the plant needs.

¡Yasmin la superheroína! Tiene una capa. Tiene una máscara.¡Ahora solo necesita un villano para vencer! Mientras busca uno, encuentra mucha gente que necesita ayuda, pero no son malos. ¡Yasmin descubre que no necesita un malo para usar sus superpoderes! Yasmin gathers a cape and mask and sets out to find a villain to defeat with her "super powers"--however there are no villains hiding on her block, just neighbors who need a little help.

Yasmin is not sure she is cut out to be an astronaut, but a class trip to the space museum, and a tour of the mission control exhibit gives her another idea about how she could still be involved in the space program.

"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...

Yasmin opted to be the director of her school play, but she is finding it difficult to keep the actors happy and the play moving forward--until she finally asserts her authority and makes the changes necessary to save the play.

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 her dog, Sir Teddy, a great idea is hatched. Imaan and her friends London and Olivia will step in as pet-sitters! Imaan's mom will be so blown away by...

Rani lives in a luxurious palace full of busy adults, but she's lonely. Being the only princess in the kingdom is boring, tedious, dull. She has no one to play with--except her baby brother, who doesn't count! So one morning, Rani decides to leave for the beach in search of adventure. She's sure it will be the opposite of her life in the palace: wonderful, marvelous, fun! But in the world outside the palace walls, Rani isn't a princess anymore, she's...