Sara, a Pakistani American girl, and Elizabeth, a white Jewish girl, bond in a cooking class in this story about sixth grade, food, friendship, family and what it means to belong.
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?
Title: A Place At The Table (Hardcover)
Author: Faruqi, Saadia
Publisher: Clarion Books
Date Published: Hardcover – 11 Aug. 2020
Category: Tweens Fiction
Subject: Religious
Binding: Hardcover
Reading Age: 8 - 12 years
No. Of Pages: 336 pages
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0358116684
Amazon Price: £16.99