Golden Girl

From the award-winning, ALA Notable author ofUnsettledandLailahs Lunchbox,this is a captivating coming-of-age middle grade novel in verse about seventh grader Aafiyah Qamar, a Pakistani American girl who hatches a special plan to help her family but finds that doing whats right isnt always easy. For fans ofThe Thing About JellyfishandClean Getaway, this is a heartfelt, soul-searching story with laughter, hope, and lessons learned.Seventh grader Aafiyah loves playing tennis, reading Weird but True facts, and hanging out with her best friend, Zaina. However, Aafiyah has a bad habit that troubles hershes drawn to pretty things and cant help but occasionally borrow them.But when her father is falsely accused of a crime he hasnt committed and gets taken in by authorities, Aafiyah knows she needs to do something to help. When she brainstorms a way to bring her father back, she turns to her Weird but True facts and devises the perfect plan.But what if her plan means giving in to her bad habit, the one shes been trying to stop? Aafiyah wants to reunite her family but finds that maybe her plan isnt so perfect after all. . .