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Four kids meet at an airport for one unforgettable night in this middle-grade novel by four bestselling and award-winning authors.

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Four kids meet at an airport for one unforgettable night in this middle-grade novel by four bestselling and award-winning authors

When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he'd rather be writing a poem that's good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper. Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the airport—and also on avoiding a conversation with her dad about him possibly remarrying. Sami is struggling with his anxiety and worried that he'll miss the karate tournament that he's trained so hard for. And Nora has to deal with the pressure of being the daughter of a prominent congresswoman, when all she really wants to do is make fun NokNok videos. These kids don't seem to have much in common—yet.

Told in alternating points of view, Grounded tells the story of one unexpected night that will change these kids forever.

"Each kid is a carefully developed individual whose complex emotional interiority emerges in thoughtful vocal performances." —AudioFile

Grounded

Author Aisha Saeed, Huda Al-Marashi, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, S.K. Ali

Narrated by Amir Abdullah, Jeed Saddy, Deepa Samuel, Neil Shah

Publication date Aug 15, 2023

Running time 6 hrs 6 min

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