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It's hard enough being a kid without being teased for a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab.It's even harder when you're constantly fighting your sibling -- and Zara and Zeeshan really can't stand each other. During a family trip to Florida, when the bickering, shoving, and insults reach new heights of chaos, their parents sentence them to the worst possible fate -- each other's company! But when the twins find an ailing turtle, it presents a rare opportunity for teamwork -- if the two can put their differences aside at last.Relatable, funny, and heart-wrenchingly honest, Saving Sunshine is the poignant story of Muslim American siblings learning how to build each other up in a world that is too often unkind.
About the Author
Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American writer of fiction and nonfiction. She writes for a number of print and online publications about the global contemporary Muslim experience and about interfaith dialogue. She has trained law enforcement on cultural sensitivity issues and offers community college classes on a variety of topics related to Islam and Muslims. She is editor of the Interfaith Houston blog, organizer of the annual Women's Interfaith Conference, and editor-in-chief of Blue Minaret, a magazine for Muslim art, poetry and prose. Professionally she is a grant writer, with almost 15 years of experience working with nonprofit organizations in the United States and abroad. She lives in Houston, TX with her husband and two children.
