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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month-YA, J, BR, E Collections-Updated 4/30/22
 

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1. Beneath my mother's feet

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Author:
Qamar, Amjed
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Cary Regional - Young Adult
YA QAMAR
East Regional - Young Adult
YA QAMAR
Northeast Regional - Young Adult
YA QAMAR
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When her father is injured, fourteen-year-old Nazia is pulled away from school, her friends, and her preparations for an arranged marriage, to help her mother clean houses in a wealthy part of Karachi, Pakistan, where she finally rebels against the destiny that is planned for her.

2. The downstairs girl

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Author:
Lee, Stacey (Stacey Heather)
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1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the genteel Southern lady'.

3. A thousand questions

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Author:
Faruqi, Saadia
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14 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Cary Regional - Childrens Fiction has 4
J FARUQI
Green Road Community - Childrens Fiction
J FARUQI
Middlecreek Community - Childrens Fiction
J FARUQI
Description:
Told in two voices, eleven-year-olds Mimi, who is visiting her wealthy grandparents in Karachi, Pakistan, for the first time and Sakina, daughter of the grandparents' cook, form an unexpected friendship.