Eleven-year-old Hedija's story begins on her last day in Yemen. While her family is glad to escape the threat of war, Hedija worries about the unknown and the fact that she can't speak English. Arriving at her new school in Utah, everything looks so different. Will her new classmates welcome her warmly?

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “In Halla Alajj's debut novel, Hedija's Feast of Friends, Hedija's family flees the war in Yemen and starts over in Utah. Hedija braves the new experience with an open heart and mind, but finds she must rely more than ever on her strengths when she meets a classmate whose mind is decidedly more closed than her own.”