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LI THE GREAT d the Market Mishap RUQI NUARY 2023UNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALEUNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALEPublished by Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 1710 Roe Crest Drive North Mankato, Minnesota 56003 capstonepub.com Text copyright © 2024 by Saadia Faruqi. Illustrations copyright © 2024 by Capstone. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Names: Faruqi, Saadia, author. | Rahmalia, Debby, illustrator. Title: Ali the Great and the market mishap / written by Saadia Faruqi; illustrated by Debby Rahmalia. Description: North Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone, 2023. | Series: Ali the Great | Audience: Ages 5 to 8 | Audience: Grades K-1 | Summary: Second-grader Ali, his grandfather, and little brother Fateh head to the South Asian market to buy some snacks, but Ali loses Fateh and has to figure out quickly how to find him among the market’s many aisles. Identifiers: LCCN 2022048875 (print) | LCCN 2022048876 (ebook) | ISBN 9781666393873 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781484681138 (paperback) ISBN 9781484681145 (pdf) | ISBN 9781484687567 (kindle edition) | ISBN 9781484681169 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Pakistani Americans—Juvenile fiction. | Brothers— Juvenile fiction. | Ethnic markets—Juvenile fiction. | Missing children— Juvenile fiction. | CYAC: Pakistani Americans—Fiction. | Brothers— Fiction. | Ethnic markets—Fiction. | Missing children—Fiction. Classification: LCC PZ7.1.F373 Ali 2023 (print) | LCC PZ7.1.F373 (ebook) | DDC [E]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022048875 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022048876 Designers: Kay Fraser and Tracy Davies UNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALETable of Contents Chapter 1 WE NEED SNACKS.....................7 Chapter 2 THE MARKET..............................13 Chapter 3 THE RESCUE............................20 UNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALEALI The Great! UNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALELet’s Learn Some Urdu! Ali and his family speak both English and Urdu, a language from Pakistan. Now you’ll know some Urdu too! abba (ah-BAH)—father (also baba) amma (ah-MAH)—mother (also mama) bhai (BHA-ee)—brother dada (DAH-dah)—grandfather on father’s side dadi (DAH-dee)—grandmother on father’s side salaam (sah-LAHM)—hello shukriya (shuh-KREE-yuh)—thank you UNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALEUNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALEThe rain had finally stopped. “I’m all out of snacks,” Dada announced. Dada was Ali’s favorite person. Dada and Dadi, Ali’s grandparents, lived with his family. We Need Snacks UNCORRECTED PROOF - NOT FOR RESALENext >