Small Fry Pick of the Week: Saving Kabul Corner

  Saving Kabul Corner by N.H. Senzai

Ages 8-12

A true tomboy, twelve-year-old Ariana couldn't be more different from her cousin Laila, who just arrived in California from Afghanistan.  Laila is a proper, ladylike Afghan  girl, one who can cook, sew, sing, and is well versed in her Pukhtun culture.  Ariana can't stand her.  Laila has moved into Ariana's cramped bedroom and, even worse, she is becoming close to Mariam, Ariana's friend.

When a rival Afghan grocery store opens near Ariana's family store, it reignites a decades-old feud tracing back to Afghanistan.  Like it or not, the cousins must move beyond their differences to help the families make peace before everything their parents have worked for is destroyed.

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