By Shenaaz Nanji Beena Mistry

Second Story Press

September 15, 2026

Fiction

Novel

ThemesAAPI VoicesFamily & Friendship

Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 Early Reader

Alina loves cooking and exploring her Indo-African heritage with her Nani and her cousin Safi from Kenya in this fun chapter book series for ages 6-8.

In the third book in the award-nominated (Silver Birch Express, Hackmatack) Alina Books series, Alina visits her cousin Safi in Kenya for the first time. Alina is thrust out of her comfort zone as she explores both the excitement and anxiety of being in a new and foreign place.