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Camping Is An Adventure For All Americans In 'Fatima's Great Outdoors'

Ambreen Tariq's new children's book explores the immigrant experience of America's great outdoors — it's based on her own childhood experiences of family camping trips.
<em>Fatima's Great Outdoors</em>, by Ambreen Tariq and Stevie Lewis

Fatima Khazi is having a hard time at school — she's in a new country, in a new city, her classmates make fun of how she speaks, they wrinkle their noses at the way her food smells, and on top of all that, she isn't doing well in her classes. But Fatima is thrilled to escape for the weekend and go camping with her family.

Ambreen Tariq's new children's book, is a story about an

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