{"product_id":"the-partition-project-9780063115811","title":"The Partition Project","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this engaging and moving middle grade novel, Saadia Faruqi writes about a contemporary Pakistani American girl whose passion for journalism starts a conversation about her grandmother's experience of the Partition of India and Pakistan--and the bond that the two form as she helps Dadi tell her story. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her grandmother comes off the airplane in Houston from Pakistan, Mahnoor knows that having Dadi move in is going to disrupt everything about her life. She doesn't have time to be Dadi's unofficial babysitter--her journalism teacher has announced that their big assignment will be to film a documentary, which feels more like storytelling than what Maha would call \"journalism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Dadi starts to settle into life in Houston and Maha scrambles for a subject for her documentary, the two of them start talking. About Dadi's childhood in northern India--and about the Partition that forced her to leave her home and relocate to the newly created Pakistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs details of Dadi's life are revealed, Dadi's personal story feels a lot more like the breaking news that Maha loves so much. And before she knows it, she has the subject of her documentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaruqi, Saadia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaadia Faruqi \u003c\/strong\u003eis a Pakistani American writer and interfaith activist. She is the author of the Eisner-nominated graphic novel \u003cem\u003eSaving Sunshine\u003c\/em\u003e, the popular early-reader series Yasmin, and the middle grade novels \u003cem\u003eThe Strongest Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Questions\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eYusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Partition Project\u003c\/em\u003e and the coauthor of the middle grade novel \u003cem\u003eA Place at the Table\u003c\/em\u003e as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Wonders We Seek: Thirty Incredible Muslims Who Helped Shape the World\u003c\/em\u003e. She was profiled in \u003cem\u003eO \u003c\/em\u003emagazine as a woman making a difference in her community and serves as editor in chief of \u003cem\u003eBlue Minaret\u003c\/em\u003e, a magazine for Muslim art, poetry, and prose. She resides in Houston, Texas, with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quill Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50570653204754,"sku":"9780063115811","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_61a260cb-20a3-4e84-bce2-3223ec9b1109.jpg?v=1767778580","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-partition-project-9780063115811","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}