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Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"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...
4) Amina's song
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (433 pages) : digital ; 21 cm ; 1 attached digital audio player.
Language
English
Description
Ever since Maria Latif's parents died, she has been shuffled from one relative to the next, each one seeming to count down the days till they could pass her on. And that's how she's ended up in America, where old friends of her parents say they can "give her a better life." But the Clayborne house and even the Claybournes themselves have a few surprises for Maria. The garden in the back of the estate's grounds, for example. No one will talk about...
Author
Publisher
[Scholastic Audio]
Pub. Date
[2015].
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (7 hours and 9 minutes) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A timely, nonstop action-adventure about the War on Terror--and a family torn apart. When seventeen-year-old Iranian American Kamran Smith learns that his brother has been labeled a terrorist, he knows something isn't right. In a race against time, it is up to Kamran to prove his brother's innocence, even as the country has turned against him and his family. With the help of a ragtag team of underground intelligence professionals, Kamran must piece...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 612 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An epic biography of Malcolm X finally emerges, drawing on hundreds of hours of the author's interviews, rewriting much of the known narrative. Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known Malcolm X-all living siblings of the Malcolm Little family, classmates, street friends, cellmates, Nation of Islam figures,...
11) Victoria & Abdul
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 51 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Language
English
Description
Story of the relationship between Queen Victoria and her Indian Muslim servant Abdul Karim.
12) Othello
Author
Language
English
Description
Iago convinces Othello, The Moor of Venice, that his wife, Desdemona has been unfaithful. Iago is an evil, manipulative character with his own agenda. A plot of jealousy and rage transpires in this classic Shakespearean tale.
Author
Series
Chocolat volume 3
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
457, 11 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
14) The night diary
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
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.
15) Yes No Maybe So
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Jamie Goldberg, who chokes when speaking to strangers, and Maya Rehrman, who is having the worst Ramadan ever, are paired to knock on doors and ask for votes for the local state senate candidate.
16) All We Have Left
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Now: Jesse is still coping with her brother's death on 9/11 and the way her dad filled their home with anger and grief. When one thoughtless decision turns her life upside down, she must face the past to make amends. Then: Alia is a proud Muslim, visiting her father at his office in one of the Twin Towers. Trapped in the flames, she has no choice but to trust a boy she's just met.
18) Moon's Ramadan
Author
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Moon smiles down on Earth and observes different countries celebrating Ramadan until her crescent tinkle triggers the start of Eid.
19) Muhammad
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces Muhammad and the basic tenets of the Islamic faith.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together.
Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he'd rather be writing a poem that's good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper.
Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the airport--and also on avoiding conversation with her dad about him possibly remarrying.
Sami is struggling with his anxiety and worried that he'll miss...