Search Results: Returned 17 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 17
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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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[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., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Teen FIC KHA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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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-- Love and lies of Rukhsana Ali2019., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: REALISTIC F KHA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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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[2019]., Primary, Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint Call No: ER FIC FAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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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By Masood, Syed2020., LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY Call No: ROMANCE F MAS Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When self-proclaimed 'not very bright' nineteen-year-old Danyal Jilani is chosen for a prestigious academic contest, he hopes to impress a potential arranged marriage match, only to begin falling for the girl helping him study instead"--Provided by the publisher.
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By Khan, HenaÃ2019., Pre-adolescent, Salaam Reads Call No: FIC Young adult KHAN Edition: 1st Salaam Reads pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As features editor of her school newspaper, thirteen-year-old Jameela Mirza wants to impress her father by writing a spectacular story about the new student, but a misunderstanding and family illness complicate matters.
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By Khan, Hena[2019]., Pre-adolescent, Salaam Reads Call No: Blue Fiction KHAN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As features editor of her school newspaper, thirteen-year-old Jameela Mirza wants to impress her father by writing a spectacular story about the new student, but a misunderstanding and family illness complicate matters.
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By Ali, S. K.[2017], Adolescent, Salaam Reads Call No: REALISTIC F ALI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Janna Yusuf, a Flannery O'Connor-obsessed book nerd and the daughter of the only divorced mother at their mosque, tries to make sense of the events that follow when her best friend's cousin--a holy star in the Muslim community--attempts to assault her at the end of sophomore year.
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-- Saints & misfitsBy Ali, S. K[2017]., Adolescent, Salaam Reads Call No: Teen Fiction FIC ALI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Janna Yusuf, a Flannery O'Connor-obsessed book nerd and the daughter of the only divorced mother at their mosque, tries to make sense of the events that follow when her best friend's cousin--a holy star in the Muslim community--attempts to assault her at the end of sophomore year.
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-- Saints & misfitsBy Ali, S. K[2017]., Adolescent, Salaam Reads Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Janna Yusuf, a Flannery O'Connor-obsessed book nerd and the daughter of the only divorced mother at their mosque, tries to make sense of the events that follow when her best friend's cousin--a holy star in the Muslim community--attempts to assault her at the end of sophomore year.
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[2016]., Adolescent, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Far from the "model teen," Naeem moves fast to outrun the eyes of his hardworking Bangladeshi parents, their gossipy neighbors, and the other forms of surveillance in his immigrant neighborhood in Queens, but when his mistakes catch up with him and the police offer a dark deal, will Naeem be a hero or a traitor?
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[2016]., Adolescent, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: FIC BUD Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Far from the "model teen," Naeem moves fast to outrun the eyes of his hardworking Bangladeshi parents, their gossipy neighbors, and the other forms of surveillance in his immigrant neighborhood in Queens, but when his mistakes catch up with him and the police offer a dark deal, will Naeem be a hero or a traitor?
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[2019]., Primary, Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint Call No: ER FIC FAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: YasminSummary Note: 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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[2020]., Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: ROMANCE F ALB Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Jamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state candidate--as long as he's behind the scenes. There's no way he'd knock on doors to ask people for their votes... until he meets Maya. Maya Rehman's having the worst Ramadan ever. Her best friend is too busy to hang out, her summer trip is cancelled, her parents are separating and now her mother thinks the solution to her problems is political canvassing--with some awkward guy she hardly knows... Going door to door isn't exactly glamorous, but maybe it's not the worst thing in the world. After all, the polls are getting closer--and so are Maya and Jamie. Mastering local activism is one thing. Navigating the cross-cultural crush of the century is another thing entirely"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2021]., Pre-adolescent, Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: REALISTIC F FAR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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"--Provided by the publisher.
