Bushra and her brother miss their mother, including the way she made their favorite dish, kubbat halab, which had no equal--so Bushra, her brother, and their father set out to learn how to make this special treat. Includes information on and a recipe for this Iraqi specialty.
During Ramadan, families are not allowed to eat from sunrise to sunset for a whole month. When you add an exercise-obsessed mom, a no-dating rule, and a new Muslim girl in school who struts around in super-short skirts, it can be tough for a teenage girl to survive, let alone feel like a typical American girl.
Sixth grade isn't easy for Jesenya Moradi, especially since her mom's recent remarriage and tension with her new stepsister, Kammy. After an incident at school that nearly destroyed Kammy's life, Jess has been desperate to get on Kammy's good side. But a fateful trip to an allegedly haunted bathroom changes both girls' lives forever. The rumors about the bathroom are true, and now Jess is convinced a demon's possessing Kammy. Eerie things happ...
