<B>Perfect for fans of <I>Ivy & Bean</I> and <I>Stella Diaz</I>, <I>Marya Khan and the Spectacular Fall Festival </I>is the third adventure in Saadia Faruqi and Ani Bushry’s illustrated chapter book series about a Pakistani American third-grader whose ambition sometimes gets away from her.</B><BR/> <BR/> Marya <I>loves</I> fall. Every year, her family goes to the town’s pumpkin patch and picks out the best pumpkin. But this year, after she sees her frenemy Alexa winning a big, cool pumpkin-shaped trophy, Marya knows she’s got to win a trophy for <I>something</I>.<BR/> <BR/> It just so happens that her school is going to hold a fall festival, with games and food and even a hayride. All the ticket sales will go to an animal shelter, and the person who sells the most tickets will win a prize. Cue Operation Sell Tickets! But when Marya is so focused on winning, is she losing sight of what really matters?<BR/> <BR/><B>Includes a Pumpkin-Based Recip