A Sky-Blue Bench Curious Ainy knows his behavior isn't

Ainy knows his behavior isn't okay

But when her classmates mispronounce her name

Publisher: Salaam Reads/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (April 19

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A Sky-Blue Bench Curious Ainy knows his behavior isn'tIt's Afghani schoolgirl Aria's first day back at school since her accident. She's excited, but she's also worried about sitting on the hard floor all day with her new prosthetic "helper leg." Just as Aria feared, sitting on the floor is so uncomfortable that she can't think about learning at all. She knows that before the war changed many things in Afghanistan, schools like hers had benches for students to sit at. If she had a bench, her leg would not