num_pages: 320
description: An Indian Muslim #ownvoices debut about an underachiever who must start over in a new state with the help of three classic books.Ahmed Aziz is having an epic yearepically bad. His family moved from Hawaii to Minnesota because his dad got sick and even though Minnesota is where his dad grew up Ahmed cant imagine a worse place to livenot that anyone asked him.Being the new kid is tough especially because Ahmed is the only brown-skinned student in a sea of white. But over the course of the school year Ahmedwho never lives up to his potentialsurprises himself by actually reading the three assigned books for his English class: Holes Bridge to Terabithia and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Even more surprising he doesnt hate the books. At the same time Ahmed is learning about the uncle he never knewhis dads brother who died young and who Ahmed takes after. Investigating his family history offers Ahmed comfort as his dads health hangs in the balance. Could Ahmed be warming to Minnesota?
language: English
title: Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year
publisher: Quill Tree Books