More to the Story
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6–8 years
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96 pages · 25 stories
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About The Book
When Jameela Mirza is picked to be feature editor of her middle school newspaper, she’s one step closer to being an award-winning journalist like her late grandfather. The problem is her editor-in-chief keeps shooting down her article ideas. Jameela’s assigned to write about the new boy in school, who has a cool British accent but doesn’t share much, and wonders how she’ll make his story gripping enough to enter into a national media contest.
Jameela, along with her three sisters, is devastated when their father needs to take a job overseas, away from their cozy Georgia home for six months. Missing him makes Jameela determined to write an epic article—one to make her dad extra proud. But when her younger sister gets seriously ill, Jameela’s world turns upside down. And as her hunger for fame looks like it might cost her a blossoming friendship, Jameela questions what matters most, and whether she’s cut out to be a journalist at all…
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About the author
Hena Khan: Hena Khan is a Pakistani American author of children's and middle-grade books, widely loved for stories that place Muslim families, faith, and culture warmly at the center of the page. She grew up in Rockville, Maryland, where she still lives with her family, and recalls rarely seeing her own Pakistani American Muslim life reflected in the books of her childhood, a gap her work has helped to fill. After earning an MA in International Affairs from George Washington University, she worked as a writer and editor before turning to children's literature. Her picture books include Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors, Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes, Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story, Under My Hijab, and It's Ramadan, Curious George, titles that introduce young readers to Ramadan, Eid, prayer, and Islamic art in an approachable way. In middle-grade fiction she is known for Amina's Voice and its sequel Amina's Song, as well as More to the Story and the Zara's Rules series. Amina's Voice was named a best book of 2017 by The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, and NPR, while Amina's Song won the 2022 Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature. Across more than two decades of writing, her recurring themes are friendship, community, and family.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9781481492102
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pages
288
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