Marya Khan and the Disastrous Class Project (Marya Khan #5)

Perfect for fans of Ivy & Bean and Stella Diaz, this charming chapter book series by the author of the successful Yasmin series follows a Pakistani American third-grader whose plans may backfire but whose persistence and heart are inspiring Its time for her classs country project, and Marya is super excited. She loves public speaking, and shes assigned Pakistan, where her family is from. But Marya has two problems: She doesnt actually know very much about her grandparents country, and shes paired with new kid Waleed, who is so shy he can barely talk, let alone present to the class. Marya figures if she can just befriend Waleed, hell help her make the best project ever. Its time for Operation Make a Friend! But how do you make a friend? Play sports? Make jokes? With time running out before the big presentation, Marya worries shell never get this Waleed kid to loosen up. But after researching a lot about friendshipand Pakistanshe might be able to save this project yet!