Roohi and Nate Are Not on the Same Page
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2026

Roohi and Nate Are Not on the Same Page

Written by Supriya Kelkar and Jarrett Lerner

Two unlikely friends must save their school library from closure.

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304 pages· 730L
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Roohi and Nate, once adversaries, find unexpected friendship in a school reading club. As they bond over personal struggles, they face a new challenge: saving their beloved library from budget cuts. Can their newfound alliance withstand the pressures of reality and preserve the place that united them? Join them on a journey of friendship, resilience, and the fight to protect what matters most.

From the publisher

From award-winning author-illustrators Supriya Kelkar and Jarrett Lerner comes an illustrated middle-grade novel about a pair of unlikely friends determined to save the library that brought them together.Roohi and Nate are not friends. Their paths have crossed a handful of times over the years–and the outcome has never been good. Nate thinks Roohi is a snobby know-it-all, and Roohi thinks Nate is nothing but a slacker.But that begins to change when they both somewhat reluctantly join a reading club that meets during lunch at their school library. The Lunch Bunch allows Roohi to open up about feeling disconnected from her friends on the track team after a broken toe sidelined her for the season.Nate, who has always struggled in school, shares how tired he is of constantly being compared to his genius older brother. Despite their differences, and maybe because of them, Roohi and Nate form a friendship unlike any other they’ve ever had, with each other and with the other kids in the club.As the Lunch Bunch gets stronger, though, things seem to be falling apart at the library. When the kids learn that their beloved librarian, Mrs. Sharp’s, job may be in danger due to budget cuts, they band together to find a solution . . . which proves to be easier said than done.Can Roohi and Nate’s new friendship survive outside of the Lunch Bunch in order to save the place that brought them together?

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
304
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
730L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4.7
F&P level
~Q
Publication
Published
March 3, 2026
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781419778735

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