Twelve-year-old Sahara prefers logic and science over magic, but when she travels to Cairo for a family wedding, her resistance to magic fades when she discovers that she is next in a line of women tasked with guarding Ali Baba's treasure.

Peter Blauner's epic Picture in the Sand is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather's passionate letters to his grandson, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson's life in a post-9/11 world. When Alex Hassan gets accepted to an Ivy League university, his middle-class Egyptian-American family is filled with pride and excitement. But that joy turns to shock when they discover...

"The first and only book to ever be written by a member of America's most secret military unit -- an explosive and unlikely story of immigration, service, and sacrifice. Inside our military is a team of operators whose work is so secretive that the name of the unit itself is classified. Highly-trained in warfare, self-defense, infiltration, and deep surveillance, "the Unit," as the Department of Defense has asked us to refer to it, has been responsible...

What are you? When people asked me this question, I found it hard to answer. Well&Im Egyptian-Filipino. I grew up with my Filipino family here it Cerritos. I eat rice very day. And I went to Catholic school, but my dad is Muslim and lives in Egypt. I spend my summers with him! I can understand Tagalog and Arabic. Esayak? Kamusta ka? So I guess both? Well, I kind of feel more Filipino because thats who I spent more time with. Thats cool, I guess Im...