Frizzy Haired Zuzu is a children's picture book about accepting and loving your appearance. Zuzu loves riding her bike and dancing to all kinds of music. Her curly red hair would bounce when she danced. But Zuzu hates her hair. The older she gets, the bigger it grows. With her sisters and mother, she tries several hilarious—yet disastrous—solutions to tame her frizzy hair. Finally she saves up all her money to visit a salon. But with straighter hair, will she still feel like herself? Zuzu must dig deep down to sort out her feelings about what is beautiful to others…and herself.

I vow that this will be my first successful fast for Ramadan. My family does this every year, even though I’ve been to a mosque exactly twice. My oppressive parents also forbid dating, even though Peter might be my soul mate. How can I get him to notice me? Will I ever feel like a typical American girl?

When a loved one dies, remembering them through shared experiences and the ways they expressed their love, helps with loss. Bushra misses her mother, her dayik. So does her brother Sherzat. Mom used to help them with homework, read to them, and tuck them into bed at night. For Bushra, she would cook kubbat halab, perfectly golden rice-and-potato patties made without meat. No one can make kubbat halab quite like Mom, but Bushra wants to try.

Learning-disabled Lily desires to prove herself, although her mind freezes when presented with big problems - such as her mother's abduction. With a French father and Egyptian mother, Lily worries that her mother hid her ethnicity from her French in-laws. Lily finds a way into an attic that's normally locked and encounters a mysterious, moonlit Egyptian night world. Lily becomes a sleuth in both the real world and magical desert, endangering herself as she gets closer to the kidnapper.

Maysa Mazari is alarmed by her mother's talk about arranged marriage. As a hijab-wearing Pakistani-American, she wants to find love on her own. Her judgmental Muslim clique has protected her from racist taunts, although the leader is turning on her as Maysa strays from the group because of her attraction to Haydee. Haydee Gomez is a former gang member and juvenile detention student. Now living with a clean-cut aunt, she wants to turn her life around, even though one person will never let her forget her roots-Rafe, her abusive pimp. Haydee attempts to pull away from a life of prostitution when she develops feelings for Maysa, although Rafe isn't willing to give her up too easily. Finding themselves in danger from Maysa's friends and Haydee's pimp, it's apparent their love disturbs everyone around them as they fight to stay together.

Join us on a pumpkin spiced, ghost-riddled, spooky journey amongst the imaginations of fifteen horrifyingly excellent indie-authors. Let them take you on a candle-lit journey through the minds of the depraved, departed and desperate as they treat you to their haunting tales. Lock the doors, close the curtains and don’t turn off the light!

Beautiful, confident Tabby Karim has plans for the winter: nab a role in her school's dramatic production, make the new boy Michael hers, and keep bigoted Heather--with her relentless Ay-rab comments--at bay. When a teacher's lie and her father's hastiness rob her of her beautiful hair, her dreams are dashed. The fastest barber in Miami Beach has made her look practically bald.With all her pretty hair gone, Tabby doesn't believe she fits the feminine role she's auditioning for. Michael is still interested in her, but he's playing it cool. Heather has taken to bullying her online, which is easier to do with Tabby's ugly haircut. Tabby spearheads Operation Revenge, which proves satisfying until all of her problems deepen. After messing up, she sets to make things right.

Sixth grade isn't easy for Jesenya Moradi, especially considering things with her stepsister, Kammy. Nearly destroying her life, Jess is desperate to get on Kammy's good side. But a trip to a supposedly haunted site changes both girls forever. Convinced a demon possesses Kammy, Jess and an imam must exorcise it before it can destroy her family.