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2019., Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: REALISTIC F COU Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sixteen-year-old Allie, aged seven when she knew her family was different and feared, struggles to claim her Muslim and Arabic heritage while finding her place as an American teenager.
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2019., Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: Fic Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sixteen-year-old Allie, aged seven when she knew her family was different and feared, struggles to claim her Muslim and Arabic heritage while finding her place as an American teenager.
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2024., Kokila Call No: FIC HIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: At the turn of the new year in 1948, Amil and his family are trying to make a home in India, now independent of British rule. Both Muslim and Hindu, twelve-year-old Amil is not sure what home means anymore. The memory of the long and difficult journey from their hometown in what is now Pakistan lives with him. And despite having an apartment in Bombay to live in and a school to attend, life in India feels uncertain. Nisha, his twin sister, suggests that Amil begin to tell his story through drawings meant for their mother, who died when they were just babies. Through Amil, readers witness the unwavering spirit of a young boy trying to make sense of a chaotic world, and find hope for himself and a newly reborn nation.
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By Khan, Hena[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Salaam Reads Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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By Khan, Hena[2021]., General, Salaam Reads Call No: YOUNG ADULT FIC KHA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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By Khan, Hena[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Salaam Reads Call No: Blue Fiction KHAN Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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By Khan, Hena[2017]., Pre-adolescent, Salaam Reads Call No: Blue Fiction KHAN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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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By Khan, Hena[2017]., Pre-adolescent, Salaam Reads Call No: Blue Fiction KHAN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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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c2007., Juvenile, Boyds Mills Press Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After receiving gifts from her grandmother, Aneesa goes to the prayer hall to celebrate Eid and meets two refugee children who give her a greater appreciation of the holiday.
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2022., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: REALISTIC F SID Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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 twins, separated as babies. And they are determined to do whatever it takes--including secretly switching identities--to get to know the parent they've been separated from. This is the story of two long-lost brothers who, while they might not like each other, just might need each other. Bhai for Now is by turns heartwarming and hilarious, and with an unforgettable Muslim family and friendship story at its core"--Provided by the publisher.
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2020., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: REALISTIC F MAJ Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled. Jivan, a bright, striving woman from the slums looking for a way out of poverty, is wrongly accused of planning the attack because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir, a slippery gym teacher from Jivan's former high school, has hitched his aspirations to a rising right wing party, and his own ascent becomes increasingly linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely, a spirited, impoverished, relentlessly optimistic hjira, who harbors dreams of becoming a Bollywood star, can provide the alibi that would set Jivan free--but her appearance in court will have unexpected consequences that will change the course of all of their lives. A novel about fate, power, opportunity, and class; about innocence and guilt, betrayal and love, and the corrosive media cycle that manufactures falsehoods masquerading as truths--A Burning is a debut novel of exceptional power and urgency, haunting and beautiful, brutal, vibrant, impossible to forget"--Provided by the publisher.
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2015., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: HISTORICAL FIC GRA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Iranian-American Kamran Smith learns that his big brother, Darius, has been labelled a terrorist, he sets out to piece together the codes and clues that will save his brother's life and his country from a deadly terrorist attack.
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2015., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: HISTORICAL F GRA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Iranian-American Kamran Smith learns that his big brother, Darius, has been labelled a terrorist, he sets out to piece together the codes and clues that will save his brother's life and his country from a deadly terrorist attack.
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[2013], Primary, Schwartz & Wade Books Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An Arab girl of the Sahara who wants to wear a malafa, the veiled dress worn by her mother and older sister, learns that the garment represents beauty, mystery, tradition, belonging, and faith.
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[2019]., Pre-adolescent, Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint Call No: F Mad Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Asiyah Najjar enjoys playing volleyball with her friend, Lucy, and the rest of the players in their recreational league, but this year Lucy has talked her into joining the travel team--and suddenly volleyball is a lot more demanding, and a lot less fun, then it used to be, and easy-going Asiyah must learn to dig deep if she does not want to let her teammates down.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Asiyah Najjar enjoys playing volleyball with her friend, Lucy, and the rest of the players in their recreational league, but this year Lucy has talked her into joining the travel team--and suddenly volleyball is a lot more demanding, and a lot less fun, then it used to be, and easy-going Asiyah must learn to dig deep if she does not want to let her teammates down.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: HISTORICAL F MAF Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "It's 2003, several months since the US officially declared war on Iraq, and the American political world has evolved. Tensions are high, hate crimes are on the rise, FBI agents are infiltrating local mosques, and the Muslim community is harassed and targeted more than ever. Shadi, who wears hijab, keeps her head down. She's too busy drowning in her own troubles to find the time to deal with bigots. Shadi is named for joy, but she's haunted by sorrow. Her brother is dead, her father is dying, her mother is falling apart, and her best friend has mysteriously dropped out of her life. And then, of course, there's the small matter of the heart. It's broken. Shadi tries to navigate her crumbling world by soldiering through, saying nothing. She devours her own pain, each day retreating farther and farther inside herself until finally, one day, everything changes. She explodes"--Provided by the publisher.
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2021., Adolescent, Algonquin Call No: HISTORICAL F ARA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this dual-narrative tale, a teenage American army private and an Afghan boy living under the horrors of the Taliban, caught on separate sides of the world during the tumultuous times leading up to and following 9/11, come to discover how much more they have in common than they ever could have imagined"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2017]., Pre-adolescent, Salaam Reads Call No: F Ria Edition: First edition. Genre: Science fiction, Fantasy fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When twelve-year-old Farah and her two best friends get sucked into a mechanical board game called The Gauntlet of Blood and Sand, a puzzle game akin to a large Rubik's cube, they know it is up to them to defeat the game's diabolical architect in order to save themselves and those who are trapped inside, including her baby brother Ahmed.
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2019., Primary, Albert Whitman & Company Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sophie tries to fast for Ramadan for the first time, but her grumbling stomach and her little brother's cookies are too much and she must find a different way to celebrate.