Four Parties and a Funeral

Said Hossain spends most of his time away from home at a boarding school. When the librarian from his hometown, Mrs. Barnes, dies, he has to return to New Crosshaven for the funeral and spend the rest of the summer there. Unfortunately, being back home makes it much harder to avoid running into his former best friend, Tiwa Olatunil, and to tell his Bangladeshi parents that he actually prefers being an artist to a doctor.

Tiwa, for her part, doesn't know why Said started ignoring her, but she thinks it must have something to do with the posh school he attends and, even though she knows he'll be around town all summer, she is also determined to pretend he doesn't exist. Besides, she already has plenty on her mind, between mourning her recently broken-up family and helping her mother organize the next party at the Islamic centre.

However, when the Islamic centre catches fire, it is revealed that the mayor had already planned to demolish the building. Now, Tiwa needs Said's help to change the mayor's mind. And Said, on the other hand, needs a project to present at animation school, but without anyone finding out…