Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story Young Adult Nonfiction Activism & Social Justice Poetry History with her white mother headed

with her white mother headed on a once-in-a-lifetime trip without her

falls into an enchanted diary

LaVaughn can't believe how gorgeous he is

as is the civil rights revolution that transformed the nation after World War II

Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story Young Adult Nonfiction Activism & Social Justice Poetry History with her white mother headedLailah solves her problem with help from the school librarian and her teacher and in doing so learns that she can make new friends who respect her beliefs. This gentle, moving story from first time author Reem Faruqi comes to life in Lea Lyons vibrant illustrations. Lyon uses decorative arabesque borders on intermittent spreads to contrast the ordered patterns of Islamic observances with the unbounded rhythms of American school days. Fountas & Pinnell