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Amina's voice volume 1
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English
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"A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community"--
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English
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"A Palestinian American woman wrestles with faith, loss, and identity before coming face- to- face with a school shooter in this searing debut. A uniquely American story told in powerful, evocative prose, The Beauty of Your Face navigates a country growing ever more divided. Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of Nurrideen School for Girls, a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, a shooter- radicalized...
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English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Tweens
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - Tweens
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - Tweens
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Told in alternating points of view, at Hurston Airport, four unlikely kids' lives are changed forever when their flight is grounded by weather following a Muslim convention.
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English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Children
Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage - More Children
Middle East Book Award - Picture Book
Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage - More Children
Middle East Book Award - Picture Book
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In simple rhyming text a young Muslim girl guides the reader through the traditions and shapes of Islam.
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English
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Alexander Madison is part lawyer, part pastor, and part con artist. When a Muslim imam is accused of instigating honor killings, Alex must decide whether to take the case that every other lawyer in town is running away from. He doesn't realize until it's too late that defending the imam may cost him the one thing in life he cares about most. Fatal Convictions is the story of a lawyer willing to risk it all and the women who must choose between faith...
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English
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage - More Young Adults
Jewish American Heritage - Young Adults
Jewish American Heritage - Young Adults
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"YES Jamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state senate candidate--as long as he's behind the scenes. When it comes to speaking to strangers (or, let's face it, speaking at all to almost anyone) Jamie's a choke artist. There's no way he'd ever knock on doors to ask people for their votes...until he meets Maya. NO Maya Rehman's having the worst Ramadan ever. Her best friend is too busy to hang out, her summer trip is canceled, and...
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English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Children
Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage - More Children
Middle East Book Award - Picture Book
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage - More Children
Middle East Book Award - Picture Book
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In simple rhyming text a young Muslim girl and her family guide the reader through the traditions and colors of Islam.
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English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Children
Jewish American Heritage - Children
Women's History - Children
Jewish American Heritage - Children
Women's History - Children
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"Yaffa and Fatima live on neighboring date farms. When very little rain leads to a poor harvest, both women go to extra measures to make sure that their neighbor doesn't go hungry"--
13) Sister friend
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English
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Ameena feels invisible. Ever since she arrived at her new school, kids look at her like she's something strange. Is it because of the twists in her hair or her brown skin? Then, one day, there's a new new girl in class. Ameena wants to be her friend, but she can't seem to find the right words--until one day, when the girls find the words together.
14) Red shoes
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Malika loves her new red shoes and wears them everywhere, but eventually she outgrows them, and her grandmother takes them to a second-hand shop--where they will become a special present for Amina (who fasted half the month of Ramadan) in Africa, who will enjoy her special red shoes every bit as much as Malika did.
15) Internment
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English
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"A terrifying, futuristic United Sates where Muslim-Americans are forced into internment camps, and seventeen-year-old Layla Amin must lead a revolution against complicit silence"--
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English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Children
Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage - Children
Ramadan for Kids
Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage - Children
Ramadan for Kids
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Zahra wishes for a sister, never dreaming that volunteering with her mother at a refugee shelter might make her wish come true.
18) Abdul's story
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English
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Black History Month - Children
Disability Pride Month - Children
Día Booklist (K-Grade 2) 2023
Writing - Youth
Disability Pride Month - Children
Día Booklist (K-Grade 2) 2023
Writing - Youth
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Abdul loves telling stories but thinks his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes will keep him from becoming an author, until Mr. Muhammad visits and encourages him to persist.
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2022.
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English
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"In the vein of Dominicana and My Brilliant Friend, an unforgettable story about female friendship and queer love in a Pakistani-American community Razia Mirza grows up amid the wild grape vines and backyard sunflowers of Corona, Queens, with her best friend, Saima, by her side. But when a family rift drives the girls apart, Razia's idyllic childhood is shattered forever. In middle school, Razia befriends a new girl, Taslima, and they begin to chafe...
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