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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"--
3) 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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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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Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali is looking forward to going to Caltech and getting away from her conservative Muslim parents' expectation that she will marry, especially since she is in love with her girlfriend Ariana--but when her parents catch her kissing Ariana, they whisk Rukhsana off to Bangladesh and a world of tradition and arranged marriages, and she must find the courage to fight for the right to choose her own path.
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English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Children
Back to School - Children
Día Booklist (K-Grade 2) 2023
Ramadan for Kids
Back to School - Children
Día Booklist (K-Grade 2) 2023
Ramadan for Kids
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Amira's excited because tomorrow is Eid with special clothes, treats, gifts, and a morning party at her mosque, but then she realizes that she's going to miss class picture day at school, something she was also looking forward to--so she has to figure out a way to be in two places at once.
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Zara's rules volume 2
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English
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"After Zara's bike goes missing, her parents insist on her earning money to pay for it, so she and her friend Naomi turn their red wagon into The Treasure Wagon and try and sell some old knickknacks found in her family's basement."--
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English
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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.
10) Hollow fires
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English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Young Adults
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Young Adults
Back to School - Young Adult
Tayshas List 2023 (Gr. 9+)
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Young Adults
Back to School - Young Adult
Tayshas List 2023 (Gr. 9+)
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After discovering the body of fourteen-year-old Jawad Ali in Jackson Park, seventeen-year-old journalism student Safiya Mirza begins investigating his murder and ends up confronting white supremacy in her own high school.
11) 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.
12) Amina's song
Author
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Amina's voice volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Feeling pulled between two cultures after a month with family in Pakistan, Amina shares her experiences with Wisconsin classmates through a class assignment and a songwriting project with new student Nico.
13) Meet Yasmin!
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English
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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.
14) Barakah Beats
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English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Tweens
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Women's History - Tweens
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Women's History - Tweens
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"It's Nimra Sharif's first time going to public school. Nimra's nervous, but as long as she has her best friend, Jenna, by her side, she figures she can take on just about anything. Unfortunately, middle school is hard. The teachers are mean, the schedule is confusing, and Jenna starts giving hijab-wearing Nimra the cold shoulder aorund the other kids. Desperate to fit in and save her friendship with Jenna, Nimra accepts an unlikely invitation to...
15) Yes no maybe so
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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 Pacific American Heritage - Children
Back to School, More Titles - Children
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Children
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Description
Faizah relates how she feels on the first day her sister, sixth-grader Asiya, wears a hijab to school.
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[2021]
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English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
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"Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country's same anger and grief is all focused on his Muslim community"--
19) Bhai for now
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English
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"Ashar is busy with the ice hockey team, studying to get into the best school, and hanging out with his friends. Shaheer and his father are always moving, following his dad's jobs. Shaheer has given up hope of finding a place where he can put down roots, a place that feels like home. The two boys have nothing in common. But when they meet on Shaheer's first day at his new school, it's like looking in a mirror. They quickly figure out that they're...
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