The Queen of Ocean Parkway
Written by Sarvenaz Tash
Illustrated by Ericka Lugo
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
An 11-year-old podcaster-turned-sleuth teams up with the new kid in the building to find their missing neighbor!
Eleven-year-old Roya is the superintendent’s kid in her regal Brooklyn apartment building, so she knows pretty much everything there is to know about its residents. An aspiring reporter, she even hosts a secret podcast about the lives of the building’s tenants. It’s a good distraction from the problems in her own life.
But when Katya Petrov, one of her favorite tenants, goes missing, Roya discovers an eerie connection to Grandmother’s Predictions, an antique fortune-telling machine at Coney Island. “Grandmother” has been linked to multiple disappearances in the Petrov family over the last century. Now, with the help of a new friend who’s just moved in, it’s up to Roya to make her own headlines as she searches for Katya and attempts to break the Petrov curse once and for all.
Don’t miss another Ocean Parkway adventure:
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Primary ISBN: 9780593809785
Publication Date: September 2024
Available As: Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook, eBook
Middle Grade, Age 08 or older
Community Represented: Bangladeshi/Bangladeshi American, Iranian/Iranian American
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Mystery, Genre: Science Fiction, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
Setting: United States (New York City NY)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Unknown Arrival
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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