Amina Banana and the Formula for Friendship

Finding Friendship in a Brand New Place

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?

Other books in this series:

- Amina Banana and the Formula for Making Money
- Amina Banana and the Formula for Winning

Title:
Author: Shifa Saltagi Safadi
Illustrator: Aaliya Jaleel
ISBN-13: 9780593699140
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Recommended Age: 6–9 years
Themes: Immigration / refugee experience, belonging, friendship, cultural identity