Nina Soni, Halloween Queen (Nini Soni #4)

by Kashmira Sheth (Author) Jenn Kocsmiersky (Illustrator)

Nina Soni, Halloween Queen (Nini Soni #4)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Nina Soni

Halloween hijinks reign supreme in this fourth installment of Kashmira Sheth's series starring Nina Soni, a charming, distractible Indian-American girl, and her family and friends.

Halloween brings out Nina Soni's competitive spirit. Her friend Jay has a great costume planned, so--of course--Nina has to come up with an even better idea. A bunch of old boxes in the basement inspires her to create an impressively scary haunted house, for which she can charge admission. So what could possibly go wrong for the Halloween Queen? In Nina Soni, celebrated author Kashmira Sheth has created an endearing heroine and charming stories of family, friendship, and her efforts to manage her life with lists, definitions, and more. A fun read for STEAM enthusiasts!

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Gr 1-3--Halloween is Nina Soni's absolute favorite holiday. Nina, who is Indian American, loves to make lists and write in her Sakhi, "a tell-everything quick kind of notebook." But Nina is so busy celebrating Diwali that she forgets to plan for Halloween. Her best friend, Jay, and her little sister Kavita already have their costumes planned--when did they do that? Now Nina feels left out, and Jay is acting suspicious. Nina needs to get busy writing down lists so she can focus on being her resourceful and creative self. Solving one problem after another, Nina and Kavita create the most amazing haunted house her neighbors have ever seen. But with everything going on, will Jay even show up? Readers will quickly be drawn into curious Nina's list-making world and loving community. VERDICT The fourth title in this series doesn't disappoint. A must-have chapter book for readers who enjoy stories of friendships, families, and cultural traditions.--Kelly Finan Richards, Baltimore County P.S.

Copyright 2021 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Kashmira Sheth
Kashmira Sheth was born in India with Guajarati as her mother tongue and began learning English in fifth grade. She had lived in Bhavnagar and Mumbai before moving to United States when she was seventeen to attend Iowa State University, where she received a BS in microbiology. Before becoming an author Kashmira had many different jobs, including running a dance school and choreographing and performing Indian dances, working in a bakery, and working as a food microbiologist. She is the author of several picture books, chapter books, and middle grade and young adult novels. Taking inspiration from her own life and experiences, much of Kashmira's work centers on Indian culture and features Indian and Indian American characters.

Jeffrey Ebbeler, a graduate of Art Academy of Cincinnati, has been creating art for children for almost twenty years and has illustrated over fifty books. After college he worked for a puppet theater sculpting marionettes and performing. He also created many large-scale animal puppets for the Central Park Zoo. He lives in Ohio.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781682632277
Lexile Measure
550
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Publication date
September 07, 2021
Series
Nina Soni
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV017030 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Halloween
JUV074000 - Juvenile Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural
Library of Congress categories
Families
Family life
Halloween
Haunted houses
East Indian Americans

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