Yasmin is excited to have her friends Emma and Ali come over, and wants to play dress up. However, when her friends arrive, they have their own ideas about what they should play. Yasmin has to think of something creative to include everyone's ideas.
Yasmin's family is hosting a big party, but Yasmin worries that her family's traditional food is too spicy--so her family challenges Yasmin to come up with a dish of her own.
"Yasmin tackles every challenge she faces with her head and her heart! In this collection of four new stories, she helps fix a recycling problem at school, avoids a science fair fiasco, solves a library mystery, and gathers her courage to join in the fun. Yasmin is always willing to give it a try!"--Back cover.
Young Nurah reluctantly moves with her family from Karachi, Pakistan, to Peachtree City, Georgia, but, after some ups and downs, begins to feel at home.
When Ms. Alex is called away from the classroom, she leaves Yasmin in charge, but the other children just ignore her and start acting silly and noisy--until Yasmin thinks up a way to motivate them to finish the math assignment, quietly.
When Yasmin's father explains to her about explorers and maps, Yasmin decides to make a map of her neighborhood and she brings it along on a trip to the farmers' market with her mother--but will the map help her when they are separated?.
Kamala Kahn is an average Pakistani teenager except she is secretly Ms. Marvel. After an encounter with Wolverine, Spider-Man, and even her idol, Captain Marvel, Kamala realizes her true calling as a superhero. She tries to balance school and normal teenage problems as she learns to master her powers and handle the weight of being an Inhuman.
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school. After her local mosque is vandalized, she is devastated. Her friend Soojin is talking about changing her name. Does Amina need to become more "American" and hide who she really is?.
Feeling pulled between two cultures after a month with family in Pakistan, Amina shares her experiences with Wisconsin classmates through a class assignment and a songwriting project with new student Nico.
Yasmin tackles every challenge she faces with her head and her heart. Whether she's helping to solve a recycling problem at school, trying to avoid a science fair fiasco, searching for a favorite lost book, or gathering her courage to join in the fun, Yasmin is always willing to give it a try!.
