BOY FROM THREE WORLDS
By Farida Mirza
My middle grade contemporary fiction, Boy From Three Worlds is about a 13 year-old first generation American boy, Waris, born to an Afghani father and a Pakistani mother.
Waris’s authoritarian immigrant father is going through his own challenges as he adapts to a new environment. Similar to the experiences of many first generation children, Waris vicariously suffers because of the backlash from his parents’ struggles.
The setting of the story is far away Gilgit, close to his father’s ancestral land, a ruggedly scenic mountainous terrain. Waris reluctantly travels with his father to Gilgit where he is initially very unhappy until he makes friends. Waris’s life changes to one of adventure and mystery.
Waris faces a challenge which he boldly accepts and ends up rescuing a boy caught across the border and reuniting him with his family. It’s a story that will motivate young readers to never give up, no matter what the odds.
LEARNING DIFFERENCES
By Farida Mirza
I see you, you and you.
Do you see me?
The ‘me’ that’s hidden inside.
The ‘me’ that’s different from you.
I try hard to act like you.
When I do, I see you glance at me,
the way one glances at a stranger.
Why? I ask myself.
I know what you know.
I understand as well as you do.
I can achieve what you can,
and may be more.
Then why don’t you?
You ask me.
I need my own road to accomplishment.
Your way has been chalked out, I need mine.
I have so much to show you, so much to share.
Devise a way for me, you’ll be surprised.
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