A PLACE AT THE TABLE - Saadia Faruqi, Laura Shovan

~ Trade Paperback

~ New Release - 2022

Sixth-graders Sara (a Pakistani American) and Elizabeth (a white, Jewish girl) meet when they take a South Asian cooking class taught by Sara’s mom.  The girls form a shaky alliance when they are paired together as cooking partners, and as their bond slowly deepens they plan to create the most mouth-watering cross-cultural fish they can to win a spot on a local food show.  It's easy to see they make good partners, but can they learn to trust each other enough to become true friends? 

A timely, accessible, and beautifully written story exploring themes of food, friendship, family and what it means to belong, A Place at the Table is an authentic cross-cultural novel of unexpected friends coming together to break bread.

"Writing in alternating voices, the authors elegantly interweave issues of racism, financial insecurity, and mental illness into a familiar middle school narrative of identity formation." -- Kirkus