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    Many Windows: Six Kids, Five Faiths, One Community
    Many Windows: Six Kids, Five Faiths, One Community
    Many Windows: Six Kids, Five Faiths, One Community
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    Many Windows: Six Kids, Five Faiths, One Community

    By Rukhsana Khan, Elisa Carbone and Uma Krishnaswami

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    In the midst of global turmoil, with people of various faiths in major conflict, three friends—a Muslim, a Christian and a Hindu—decided to write a book. Many Windows is a book about young people who are friends despite their religious differences. It’s a book about celebrations, that ultimately celebrates community. Many Windows is a collection of seven stories about six children who are in the same class at school, two white boys, a black girl, a Chinese girl, an Indian girl and a Pakistani boy. They are not necessarily friends, but they all come together in one commnunity at the end of the stories. Each story in the collection centres on a different celebration within the faith of that child. In the appendix, each of the celebrations is explained in more depth, as it is celebrated within that faith community: Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism. Each story represents a window into the life of the child, or, from a different point of view, the child’s window looking out to the world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDundurn
    Release dateJun 1, 2008
    ISBN9781459726369
    Many Windows: Six Kids, Five Faiths, One Community
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    Rukhsana Khan

    RUKHSANA KHAN is an award-winning author and storyteller. Born in Lahore, Pakistan, she is an expert on books with international and Muslim themes. She has presented at schools and communities across Canada and the US, as well as at the 2006 ALA Conference in New Orleans and the 2008 IBBY Congress in Denmark. Her book, Wanting Mor won the Middle East Book Award. Rukhsana lives in Toronto with her family.

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      Many Windows - Rukhsana Khan

      Text © 2008 by Rukhsana Khan, Elisa Carbone and Uma Krishnaswami Illustrations © 2008 by Patty Gallinger

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, digital, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior consent of the publisher.

      We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program.

      We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing activities.

      Napoleon Publishing an imprint of Napoleon & Company

      Toronto, Ontario, Canada

      www.napoleonandcompany.com

      Printed in Canada

      12 11 10 09 08   5 4 3 2 1

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Khan, Rukhsana

      Many windows : six kids, five faiths, one community /

      Rukhsana Khan, Elisa Carbone, Uma Krishnaswami.

      Short stories.

      ISBN 978-1-894917-56-8

      I. Carbone, Elisa Lynn II. Krishnaswami, Uma, 1956- III. Title.

      PS3600.M36 2008      jC813'.54             C2008-900063-3

      MANY WINDOWS

      by Rukhasan Khan

      with Elisa Carbone

      and Uma Krishnaswami

      Through our many windows

      Look, and you will see

      A world of celebrations

      In one community.

      Table of Contents

      TJ - New Kid in Town

      Rukhsana Khan

      Natalie - The Locket

      Rukhsana Khan

      Jameel - The Visit

      Rukhsana Khan

      Deepa - Lights against the Darkness

      Uma Krishnaswami

      Benjamin - Dreidels

      Rukhsana Khan

      Stephanie - A ChristmaS’Wish

      Elisa Carbone

      TJ - Coming in from the Cold

      Rukhsana Khan

      About the Five Faiths

      The Buddha’s Birthday

      Rukhsana Khan

      Ramadan and Eid ul Fitr

      Rukhsana Khan

      Diwali

      Uma Krishnaswami

      Hanukkah

      Rukhsana Khan

      Christmas

      Elisa Carbone and Rukhsana Khan

      TJ–NEW KID IN TOWN

      by Rukhsana Khan

      What does she mean, A no-put-down zone? I see rows and rows of eager faces. What? They’re okay with this?

      I’m going to hate it here. I slide into a chair and slump into place. I miss my old home. I miss Tom and Rudy. Why’d we have to move here anyway?

      Mrs. Williams calls out to me, Travis Junior, please sit up.

      Instantly, I’m alert. It’s TJ, I mutter.

      Some kids behind me snicker. I look to see who’s laughing at me without letting on that I care. Two scrawny-neck kids. I’ll get them later. You bet they’ll be sorry.

      A no-put-down zone? Yeah, right. I hunch down even lower in my desk, letting my legs sprawl under the chair of the skinny Indian girl in front of me.

      Mrs. Williams comes down the aisle toward me. I’m ready for her.

      Travis Junior. Did you hear me?

      They call me TJ.

      Excuse me. What did you say?

      Is she deaf? But I’m not playing her game. The class gets really quiet. They’re all hearing me now. I say low as before, They call me TJ. I don’t answer to anything else.

      I may be sprawled out, but I’m good and ready. What’s she going to do now?

      Mrs. Williams raises an eyebrow. Really? They never told me that at the office. I’ll make a note of it right here.

      She scribbles on her clipboard, then she looks up at me and smiles. Okay, TJ, could you please sit up now?

      All the kids are looking at me now, especially the girl in front. Like I’m the one being unreasonable. And the teacher’s just standing there with that phony smile on her face, waiting. So I do. I sit up. But not too quickly and not too straight.

      Mrs. Williams nods to herself and goes back to the chalkboard. When her back is turned, I get comfortable again.

      She gets to the head of the class and turns around. She sees me. I can tell by the way she purses her thin lips. But she doesn’t say anything about it, just goes on with her lesson.

      Ha. That was easy!

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