A Thousand Questions

Set against the backdrop of Karachi,Pakistan, Saadia Faruqi’s tender and honest middle grade novel tells the storyof two girls navigating a summer of change and family upheaval with kindhearts, big dreams, and all the right questions. Mimi is not thrilled to be spending hersummer in Karachi, Pakistan, with grandparents she’s never met. Secretly, shewishes to find her long-absent father, and plans to write to him in herbeautiful new journal. The cook’s daughter, Sakina, still hasn’t told her parents that she’ll beaccepted to school only if she can improve her English test score—but then, howcould her family possibly afford to lose the money she earns working with herAbba in a rich family’s kitchen? Although the girls seem totally incompatibleat first, as the summer goes on, Sakina and Mimi realize that they have plentyin common—and that they each need the other to get what they want most. This relatable and empathetic story abouttwo friends coming to understand each other will resonate with readers wholoved Other Words for Home and Front Desk.