A Place at the Table - by Saadia Faruqi & Laura Shovan

A Place at the Table is a heartwarming story about sixth graders Sara, a Pakistani American girl, and Elizabeth, a white Jewish girl, who bond in a cooking class and form an unlikely friendship.

The book explores themes of food, friendship, family, and what it means to belong, featuring sixth graders taking a South Asian cooking class taught by Sara's mom.

Through their culinary adventures, the girls learn to trust each other and become true friends despite their cultural differences.

With its relatable characters, nuanced storytelling, and hopeful tone, A Place at the Table is an authentic cross-cultural novel that offers tastes of identity, assimilation, and allyship for fans of middle school friendship stories.