Zara's Rules for Record-Breaking Fun: Volume 1 - Hardcover

Khan, Hena

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1534497595 ISBN 13: 9781534497597

Publisher: Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2022

Synopsis

From the beloved author of Amina's Voice comes the first book in a humor-filled middle grade series starring a young Muslim girl with an endless list of hobbies who searches for ways to maximize fun for her family and neighborhood friends.

Meet Zara Saleem, the queen of the neighborhood.

Zara's in charge of it all: she organizes the games, picks the teams, and makes sure everyone has a good time...and they always do.

When a new family moves in across the street, suddenly Zara'​s reign is threatened by Naomi, who has big ideas of her own about how the neighborhood kids can have fun. To get everyone to notice her again, Zara decides she's going to break a Guinness World Record--if her little brother Zayd doesn't mess things up.

But when she finds herself increasingly alone in her record-breaking quest, Zara starts to wonder if sharing the crown and making a new friend might end up being the best rule of all.

About this title

About the Author

Hena Khan is a Pakistani American writer. She is the author of the middle grade novels Amina's Voice, Amina's Song, More to the Story, Drawing Deena, and the Zara's Rules series and picture books Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns, Under My Hijab, and It's Ramadan, Curious George, among others. Hena lives in her hometown of Rockville, Maryland, with her family. You can learn more about Hena and her books by visiting her website at HenaKhan.com or connecting with her @HenaKhanBooks.

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Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1


“Someone’s going inside!” Zayd yells, his face smooshed against the glass of the front window.

“Is it a family?” Mama rushes over from the kitchen, still holding the head of lettuce she was shredding.

I squeeze next to them to peek through the curtains. We watch an elegant older woman in a suit and heels walk past the FOR SALE sign to the entrance of Mr. Chapman’s house.

“I think that’s the agent,” Mama whispers, as if the lady might hear us from across the street.

Edition details

• Publisher: Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1534497595
• ISBN 13: 9781534497597
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Haikal Wastana
• Number of pages: 144