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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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4th Grade Rocks
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
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Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.
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The Ark, a boy band, is the center of life for super-fan Fereshteh (A.K.A Angel) Rahimi, transgender front man Jimmy Kaga-Ricci, and friend and bandmate Rowan, but their relationships become complicated when Jimmy and Angel are unexpectedly thrust together.
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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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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Children
National Hobby Month - Children's Stories
Storytime @ Home: Food
National Hobby Month - Children's Stories
Storytime @ Home: Food
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Yasmin's family is hosting a big party, but Yasmin is worried that the traditional food her family is cooking is too spicy--so her family challenges Yasmin to come up with a dish of her own.
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English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Children
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Children
Ramadan for Kids
Storytime @ Home: Colors
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Children
Ramadan for Kids
Storytime @ Home: Colors
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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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Yasmin's class is going on a field trip to the zoo, and Yasmin is thrilled when she is chosen to help feed the monkeys; but when she trips and spills their food both she and the monkeys are upset--until she remembers that she has fruit in her lunch bag to share with her new "friends."
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Sadiq volume 1
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English
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Sadiq's father is going on a business trip, but before he goes he tells Sadiq a story of the Desert Star, which fits in perfectly with Sadiq's third grade class field trip to the planetarium, and inspires Sadiq to build a simple telescope to study the stars when his father returns.
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[2019]
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English
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While her parents are out to dinner, a bored Yasmin decides to try on some of her mother's clothes, including her new shalwar kameez, which gets ripped--but with the help of Nana, Nani, and a glue-gun, the garment gets fixed, and Yasmin puts on an impromptu fashion show when her parents get home.
13) Internment
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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"--
14) Meet Yasmin!
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In this compilation of four separately published books, Pakistani American second grader Yasmin learns to cope with the small problems of school and home, while gaining confidence in her own skills and creative abilities.
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[2018]
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English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Children
DeSTEMber - Children
National Hobby Month - Children's Stories
Storytime @ Home: Construction Zone
DeSTEMber - Children
National Hobby Month - Children's Stories
Storytime @ Home: Construction Zone
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As their makerspace project the students in Yasmin's second grade class are building a city: there are houses, a school, a church, even a castle, but Yasmin is not sure what to build--until inspiration strikes.
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[2019]
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When Yasmin's father explains to her about explorers and maps, Yasmin decides to make a map of her neighborhood and she brings it along on a trip to the farmers' market with her mother--but will the map help her when they are separated?
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