Grounded is a middle-grade novel by four bestselling and award-winning authors that tells the story of four unlikely kids thrown together when a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a Muslim convention. The kids have different personalities and struggles, but they eventually bond over their shared experience and become friends.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 10 October 2024
Publisher: Abrams

Grounded is a middle-grade novel written by four bestselling and award-winning authors—Aisha Saeed, Huda Al-Marashi, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, and S. K. Ali. The story follows four unlikely kids who are thrown together when a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention. The book is told in alternating points of view, and the story revolves around a night that will change these kids forever.

Grounded

When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Told in alternating points of view, Grounded tells the story of a night that will change these kids forever.

Feek

Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he'd rather be writing a poem that's good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper.

Hanna

Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the airport—and also on avoiding a conversation with her dad about him possibly remarrying.

Sami

Sami is struggling with his anxiety and worried that he'll miss the karate tournament that he's trained so hard for.

Nora

Nora has to deal with the pressure of being the daughter of a prominent congresswoman, when all she really wants to do is make fun NokNok videos.

These kids don't seem to have much in common—yet.

Awards

Grounded is a Walter Award Honor Book.

Weight: 244g
Dimension: 140 x 203 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781419761768