A THOUSAND QUESTIONS

Two girls navigate a summer of change and family upheaval in Karachi, Pakistan, through unexpected friendship and cultural differences, in Saadia Faruqi's tender and honest middle grade novel.

Mimi is not thrilled to be spending her summer in Karachi, Pakistan, with grandparents she's never met. Secretly, she longs to find her long-absent father, and plans to write to him in her beautiful new journal.

On the other side of town, Sakina still hasn't told her parents that she'll be accepted to school if only she can improve her English test score - but then, how could her family possibly afford to lose the money she earns working with her Abba in a rich family's kitchen?

Although the girls seem totally incompatible at first, as the summer goes on Sakina and Mimi realize that they each need the other to help get what they want most - and soon learn that they have plenty in common, including their kind hearts, big dreams, and all the right questions.

Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American writer, interfaith activist, and cultural sensitivity trainer. She is author of the children's early reader series Yasmin and the co-author of the middle grade novel A Place at the Table (Clarion). She was profiled in O Magazine as a woman making a difference in her community, and serves as editor-in-chief of Blue Minaret, a magazine for Muslim art, poetry, and prose. She resides in Houston, TX with her family.