Praise for Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun
Awards and Lists
NCTE Charlotte Huck Outstanding Fiction Honor Title
Junior Library Guild Selection
Zara Saleem is the queen of the neighborhood.
Zara’s in charge of it all: she organizes the games, picks the teams, and always makes sure everybody is having a good time…her way.
Until a new family moves in across the street and suddenly Zara’s reign is threatened by Naomi, who seems to have lots of good ideas about how the neighborhood kids can have fun. To reclaim her crown, Zara decides she’s going to break a Guinness World Record to get everyone to notice her again.
But as her friends abandon her for Naomi’s better ideas, Zara starts to wonder whether being a good friend might be more important than getting everybody to follow her rules.
Reading Guides
Press
Q&A With Hena Khan, Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun, We Need Diverse Books, April 18, 2022
Zara’s Rules: An Interview with Hena Khan, School Library Journal, Feb 23, 2022