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The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi

The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins In this engaging and moving middle grade novel, author Saadia Faruqi writes about a contemporary Pakistani American girl whose passion for journalism inspires her to learn more about her grandmother’s experience of the Partition of India and Pakistan—and the bond that the two form as she […]

Marya Khan And The Spectacular Fall Festival (The Marya Khan Series) by Saadia Faruqi

Marya Khan And The Spectacular Fall Festival (The Marya Khan Series , Vol. 3) by Saadia Faruqi Amulet/Abrams Perfect for fans of Ivy & Bean and Stella Diaz, Marya Khan and the Spectacular Fall Festival is the third stand-alone adventure in Saadia Faruqi and Ani Bushry’s illustrated chapter book series about a Pakistani American third grader whose ambition sometimes gets […]

Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi, illustrated by Shazleen Khan

Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi, illustrated by Shazleen Khan Macmillan/First Second Relatable, funny, and heart-wrenchingly honest, Saving Sunshine is the poignant story of Muslim American siblings learning how to build each other up in a world that is too often unkind. It's already hard enough just being a kid, without being teased for having a funny sounding […]