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Four kids meet at an airport for one unforgettable night in this middle-grade novel by four bestselling and award-winning authors–Aisha Saeed, Huda Al-Marashi, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, and S. K. Ali. When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he d rather be writing a poem that s good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper. Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the airport–and also on avoiding a conversation with her dad about him possibly remarrying. Sami is struggling with his anxiety and worried that he ll miss the karate tournament that he s trained so hard for. And Nora has to deal with the pressure of being the daughter of a prominent congresswoman, when all she really wants to do is make fun NokNok videos. These kids don t seem to have much in common–yet. Told in alternating points of view, Grounded tells the story of one unexpected night that will change these kids forever.