Karim, Sheba

Accompanying her mother on a gap-year visit to New Delhi after a beloved aunt's death, Noreen rediscovers her cultural heritage alongside a handsome youth before their growing feelings trigger a family scandal.

"Three Pakistani-American teenagers take a road trip through the land of pork ribs, mechanical bulls, and Confederate flags.

"Three Pakistani-American teenagers, on a trip through the land of pork ribs, mechanical bulls, and Confederate flags . . . [This] road-trip story is about questioning where you come from--and choosing the family that chooses you back"--OCLC.

After high school ends, Shabnam Qureshi feels like her summer will be boring and lonely, especially when her best friend, Farah, starts wearing the Muslim head scarf--something Shabnam has been refusing to do. Then Shabnam meets Jamie, who helps her get a job at his aunt's pie shack. As Shabnam gets to know Jamie she starts to fall in love with him, but when Farah finds out she is interested in a non-Muslim, the strain on their friendship may be too much.

Nina Khan is not just the only Asian or Muslim student in her small-town high school in upstate New York, she is also faces the legacy of her "Supernerd" older sister, body hair, and the pain of having a crush when her parents forbid her to date.