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After carefully planning a visit with Aly and Emma, Yasmin is disappointed to see that they want to play on their own, but a creative compromise may make everyone happy.

Yasmin struggles with Ms. Alex's assignment to write an essay about her hero until she realizes that her hero is someone very close to her.

When a new gym teacher introduces her gym class to soccer, Yasmin fears it will be as rough as the professional sport but must try to find courage to play goalie.

When spring arrives, Yasmin and her Baba plant a garden but Yasmin's flower seedling keeps wilting until her Nani sits in the sun, revealing to Yasmin what the plant needs.

Bilal and his father invite his friends to help make his favorite dish, daal, then all must wait patiently for it to be done.

As features editor of her school newspaper, thirteen-year-old Jameela Mirza wants to impress her father by writing a spectacular story about the new student, but a misunderstanding and family illness complicate matters.

"Naila's vacation to visit relatives in Pakistan turns into a nightmare when she discovers her parents want to force her to marry a man she's never met"--Provided by publisher.

Growing up Muslim in Jersey City isn't easy. For a girl so desperate to fit in, 16-year-old Kamala only ever seems to be the odd one out, with the unusual food rules and strict family. Her only escape is her Avergers fan fiction - wouldn't it be cool to be like Captain Marvel? So tall and blonde and glamorous - only it's got to be the classic lightning-bolt costume with the thigh-high boots. Then Kamala would feel strong and confident and beautiful. But as her wise old Abu might tell her, be careful what you wish for. When the Terrigen Mists descend, Kamala gets a taste of the costumed life - but it's nothing like she expected.

Kamala Khan, a Pakistani American girl from Jersey City who lives a conservative Muslim lifestyle with her family, suddenly acquires superhuman powers and, despite the pressures of school and home, tries to use her abilities to help her community.

Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City, until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts, but when she discovers the dangers these gifts bring and unlocks a secret behind them, Kamala must decide if she is ready to wield these immense gifts.