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Amina Banana and the formula for friendship  Cover Image Book Book

Amina Banana and the formula for friendship / Shifa Saltagi Safadi ; illustrated by Aaliya Jaleel.

Safadi, Shifa Saltagi. (Author). Jaleel, Aaliya. (Added Author).

Summary:

After moving from Syria to Indiana, third-grade science enthusiast Amina tries to find the perfect formula to make friends at her new school.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593699140 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 109 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2025.
Subject: Syrian Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > Juvenile fiction.
Muslims > Juvenile fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch J FIC Safad 31681030066278 JFIC Available -

  • B & T Entertainment
    Third-grader Amina loves bananas, science and all things yellow, and her family moved to Indiana from Syria, so she creates a formula for making friends, but things are harder than she imagined. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
  • Penguin Putnam
    Meet Amina Banana! She’s a determined and clever third grader, and star of a new chapter book series with a STEM twist. Perfect for readers of The Questioneers and Junie B. Jones!

    Amina loves bananas, science, and all things yellow! Her family recently arrived from Syria to Indiana, and she's starting at a brand-new school in a brand-new country. She’s excited but also nervous, especially about making friends! But she develops the perfect formula to get everything just right:

    Speak English + wear a perfect outfit + be a good student + eat American food = Make American Friends! 

    When the first few days are harder than Amina imagined, she’s left worrying: why doesn't her formula add up?

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