"The world treats Twinky like a dinky dog. The only problem is that Twinky doesn't feel dinky. What can a little dog do to prove the age-old adage that size doesn't matter?"--

At a caf�e table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the tale that has brought them to this fateful encounter . . . Changez is living an immigrant's dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by an elite valuation firm. He thrives on the energy of New York, and his budding romance with elegant, beautiful Erica promises entry into Manhattan...

As the twentieth century draws to a close, Maria is at the start of a life she never thought possible. She and Khalil, her college sweetheart, are planning their wedding. They are the perfect couple, "King and Queen of the Racially Nebulous Prom." Their skin is the same shade of beige. They live together in a black bohemian enclave in Brooklyn, where Khalil is riding the wave of the first dot-com boom and Maria is plugging away at her dissertation,...

"Ella has everything she needs to take seventh grade by storm, including the perfect new best friend. She's still not 100% sure why Morgan has chosen Ella to be her newest sidekick, but Ella knows better than to turn down the attention...even if it means leaving her former best friend, Sophie, behind. But life as Morgan's best friend is trickier than Ella imagined. Everything has to be perfect, from their on-brand selfies to the videos they record...