Bibliograph

A place at the table, Saadia Faruqi & Laura Shovan

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A place at the table, Saadia Faruqi & Laura Shovan

Language

eng

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 10 to 12, Clarion Books

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 4-6, Clarion Books

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A place at the table

Responsibility statement

Saadia Faruqi & Laura Shovan

Summary

Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a Jewish girl, connect in an after school cooking club and bond over food and their mothers' struggles to become United States citizens"Sixth graders Sara and Elizabeth could not be more different. Sara is at a new school that is completely unlike the small Islamic school she used to attend. Elizabeth has her own problems: her British mum has been struggling with depression. The girls meet in an after-school South Asian cooking class, which Elizabeth takes because her mom has stopped cooking, and which Sara, who hates to cook, is forced to attend because her mother is the teacher. The girls form a shaky alliance that gradually deepens, and they make plans to create the most amazing, mouth-watering cross-cultural dish together and win a spot on a local food show. They make good cooking partners . . . but can they learn to trust each other enough to become true friends?"--Amazon.com

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification