Kanzi habibti you’re going to be late to the first day of school Mama calls I’m coming Mama Kanzi stuffs her notebook into her backpack and quickly but carefully folds her quilt the special one Teita made in Egypt
Breakfast is delicious Egyptian fava beans homemade French toast and watermelon with feta cheese and mint Zacharia has watermelon juice dripping down his chin He looks happy I packed your favorite lunch for you a kofta sandwich Baba exclaims
Shukran Baba Kanzi says but secretly she wishes her baba would pack her a peanut butter and jelly sandwich instead Her family has just moved to this town and she doesn’t know anyone She doesn’t want to be different
