Saving Kabul Corner (21 page)

Text copyright © 2014 by Naheed Hasnat

Jacket illustration copyright © 2014 by Béatrice Coron

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The text for this book is set in Bembo Std.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Senzai, N. H.

Saving Kabul Corner / N. H. Senzai.

pages cm

“A Paula Wiseman Book.”

Summary: Twelve-year-old Ariana, a tomboy, and her ladylike cousin Laila, recently arrived from Afghanistan, do not get along but they pull together when a rival Afghani grocery store opens, rekindling an old family feud and threatening their family's livelihood.

ISBN 978-1-4424-8494-8 (hardcover) — ISBN 978-1-4424-8496-2 (eBook)

1. Afghan Americans—California—San Francisco Bay Area—Juvenile fiction. [1. Afghan Americans—Fiction. 2. Grocery trade—Fiction. 3. Vendetta—Fiction. 4. Immigrants—Fiction. 5. Family life—California—Fiction. 6. San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)—Fiction. 7. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Title. PZ7.S47953Sav 2014

[Fic]—dc23

2013005211