{"product_id":"wishing-upon-the-same-stars-9780063034389","title":"Wishing Upon the Same Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003cem\u003eOther Words for Home, Front Desk\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAmerican as Paneer Pie\u003c\/em\u003e, this powerful and poignant coming-of-age middle grade debut novel follows an Arab American girl named Yasmeen as she moves to San Antonio with her family and navigates finding friendship--and herself. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen twelve-year-old Yasmeen Khoury moves with her family to San Antonio, all she wants to do is fit in. But her classmates in Texas are nothing like her friends in the predominantly Arab neighborhood back in Detroit where she grew up. Almost immediately, Yasmeen feels like the odd girl out, and as she faces middle school mean girls and tries to make new friends, she feels more alone than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Yasmeen meets her neighbor, Ayelet Cohen, a first-generation Israeli American. As the two girls grow closer, Yasmeen is grateful to know someone who understands what it feels like when your parents' idea of home is half a world away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Yasmeen's grandmother moves in after her home in Jerusalem is destroyed, Yasmeen and Ayelet must grapple with how much closer the events of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are than they'd realized. As Yasmeen begins to develop her own understandings of home, heritage, and most importantly, herself, can the two girls learn there's more that brings them together than might tear them apart . . . and that peace begins with them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063034389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jacquetta Nammar Feldman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41500370075829,"sku":"9780063034389","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c8b21f34-4b43-42c4-99bb-24b833ea2a45.jpg?v=1641276125","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/wishing-upon-the-same-stars-9780063034389","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}