Meet Me in Mumbai

Ayeshais a world away from home when she meets the boy of her dreams. Like her, Suresh is from India but going to high school in Illinois. Once they get together, they are inseparableuntil a twist of fate takes Suresh back to India right when Ayesha discovers she's pregnant. Suddenly she feels she's on her own, navigating the biggest decision she'll ever make.

Seventeen years later, Ayesha's daughterMirafinds an old box with letters addressed to her from her birth mother. Although Mira loves the moms who adopted her, she's intrigued to discover something more about her history. In one letter, Ayesha writes that if Mira can forgive her for what she had to do, she should find a way to travel to India for her eighteenth birthday and meet her.

Mira knows she'll always regret it if she doesn't go. But is she actually ready for what she will learn?

Meet Me in Mumbaiis the extraordinary story of two teenage girls forced to understand the power and the consequences of their choices, and how family can be both formed and found over time. (From Scholastic Canada)

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Sabrina Khan is an author based in British Columbia. She writes about Muslim teens who straddle cultures. Her books include The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali,Zara Hossain Is Here and Meet Me in Mumbai.