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Nani likes to sit outside and sew, but little things like her thimble keep disappearing, so she turns detective and applies a science lesson to solve the mystery.

After Yasmin and her father spend the day working on a large jigsaw puzzle, her father does not feel well the next morning--and Doctor Yasmin is sure she can diagnose the problem, and prescribe a cure.

Yasmin and her friend Emma are going to the ice rink, but Yasmin is nervous and does not want to admit that she has never skated, so she delays going on the ice as long as possible--but when she falls down Emma's mother offers to teach her, and Emma helps.

Yasmin opted to be the director of her school play, but she is finding it difficult to keep the actors happy and the play moving forward--until she finally asserts her authority and makes the changes necessary to save the play.

When Yasmin discovers an injured cat she immediately slips into the role of vet to care for the animal with the assistance of her grandmother, while her grandfather tries to contact the owner.

Second-grader Ali, his grandfather, and little brother Fateh head to the South Asian market to buy some snacks, but Ali loses Fateh and has to figure out quickly how to find him among the market's many aisles.

"Meet Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, an amazing superhero who can stretch and bend in any shape she likes! Join Kamala and her allies as she battles the enemies who threaten Jersey City, New Jersey"--Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Ainy is looking forward to working at her mother's clothing store for the summer--and someday soon wearing a hijab--but when certain boys harass her, and the boy she has a crush on does not step in, she turns to her older sister for help.

"When her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is going to disrupt everything about her life. She doesn't have time to be Dadi's unofficial babysitter--her journalism teacher has announced that their big assignment will be to film a documentary, which feels more like storytelling than what Maha would call 'journalism.' As Dadi starts to settle into life in Houston and Maha scrambles for a subject for her documentary, the two of them start talking about Dadi's childhood in northern India--and about the Partition that forced her to leave her home and relocate to the newly created Pakistan. As details of Dadi's life are revealed, Dadi's personal story feels a lot more like the breaking news that Maha loves so much. And before she knows it, she has the subject of her documentary"--Provided by publisher.

"Marya loves fall. Every year, her family goes to the town's fall festival and picks out the best pumpkin. But this year, after she sees her frenemy Alexa winning a big, cool pumpkin-shaped trophy, Marya knows she's got to win a trophy for something. It just so happens that her school is going to hold its own fall festival, with games and food and even a hayride. All the ticket sales will go to an animal shelter, and the person who sells the most tickets will win a prize. Cue Operation Sell Tickets! But when Marya is so focused on winning, is she losing sight of what really matters?"--Provided by publisher.