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Meet Yasmin! is four books in one: Yasmin the Explorer, Yasmin the Builder, Yasmin the Fashionista, and Yasmin the Painter. Yasmin is a Pakistani American who learns to cope with problems at home and at school such as getting separated from her mom at the fruit market,…
Set in Uganda in 1972, two friends must decide how to act around each other when the president, Idi Amin, declares that all Indian people living in the country must leave. Wealthy Asha and her best friend, Yesofu, who is the son of a family that works on Asha’s estate, already have to fight for their treasured friendship because of their status differences—what will happen when one of them is no longer even welcome in the country they love? …
Viji and her sister Rukku, who has a developmental disability, have left their abusive home, but now they must find somewhere safe to live and discover some way of earning enough money to eat. Can they find a place to stay and perhaps even a friend or two to trust? A powerful tale of two sisters on their own in Chennai,…
Sara and Nadine are neighbors who have been best friends for as long as they can remember. When Nadine skips a grade to start high school and doesn’t mention this to Sara until the last day of summer, Sara is very hurt. Sara starts elementary school again, without her best friend. Things become awkward and sometimes tense between the two,…
Alastair, an African Grey parrot born in a pet shop, dreams of escaping the pet shop with his beloved, sickly sister, Aggie, and flying south where they can live in palm trees. Alastair’s plans are always foiled and he winds up with two broken wings. While he’s trying to recover, Aggie gets adopted by the shop’s assistant, Fritz. Alastair vows to reunite with his sister and take care of her –…
