Saving Kabul Corner / N. H. Senzai.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2014]Edition: First editionDescription: 273 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1442484942 (hbk.)
- 9781442484948 (hbk.)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | Senzai N. H. | Available | 33111007502335 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From Afghanistan to America, family matters most in this companion to Shooting Kabul , which Kirkus Reviews called "an ambitious story with much to offer."
A rough and tumble tomboy, twelve-year-old Ariana couldn't be more different from her cousin Laila, who just arrived from Afghanistan with her family. Laila is a proper, ladylike Afghan girl, one who can cook, sew, sing, and who is well versed in Pukhtun culture and manners. Arianna hates her. Laila not only invades Ariana's bedroom in their cramped Fremont townhouse, but she also becomes close with Mariam Nurzai, Ariana's best friend.
Then a rival Afghan grocery store opens near Ariana's family store, reigniting a decades-old feud tracing back to Afghanistan. The cousins, Mariam, and their newfound frenemie, Waleed Ghilzai, must ban together to help the families find a lasting peace before it destroys both businesses and everything their parents have worked for.
"A Paula Wiseman Book."
Includes bibliographical references.
Twelve-year-old Ariana, a tomboy, and her ladylike cousin Laila, recently arrived from Afghanistan, do not get along but they pull together when a rival Afghani grocery store opens, rekindling an old family feud and threatening their family's livelihood.
Ages 8-12.