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Description
Marya Khan and the Spectacular Fall Festival is the third stand-alone adventure in Saadia Faruqi and Ani Bushry's illustrated chapter book series about a Pakistani American third grader whose ambition sometimes gets away from her.
Marya loves fall. Every year, her family goes to the town's pumpkin patch and picks out the best pumpkin. But this year, after she sees her frenemy, Alexa, winning a big, cool pumpkin-shaped trophy, Marya knows she's got to win a trophy for something. It just so happens that her school is going to hold its own fall festival, with games and food and even a hayride. All the ticket sales will go to an animal shelter, and the person who sells the most tickets will win a prize. Cue Operation Sell Tickets! But when Marya is so focused on winning, is she losing sight of what really matters? Includes a Pumpkin-Based Recipe to Make and Enjoy
Perfect for fans of Ivy & Bean and Stella Diaz,
Publication date
October 03, 2023
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781419761218
Publisher
Amulet Books
Series
Marya Khan
Universe
Saadia Faruqi Chapter Books
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education JUV011020 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American JUV045000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
Library of Congress categories
Families Family life Schools Autumn Contests Pakistani Americans Festivals
Saadia Faruqi was born in Pakistan and moved to the United States when she was 22 years old. She is a Pakistani American writer and interfaith activist. She writes the popular early-reader series Yasmin and Ali the Great, as well as middle-grade novels such as The Strongest Heart, A Thousand Questions, Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero, and The Partition Project. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her family. Saadia Faruqi nació en Pakistán y se mudó a los Estados Unidos cuando tenía 22 años. Es una escritora paquistaní-estadounidense y activista interreligiosa. Escribe las populares series de lectura temprana Yasmin y Ali el Grande, así como novelas para grados intermedios como The Strongest Heart, A Thousand Questions, Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero y The Partition Project. Vive en Houston, Texas, con su familia.
