Aisha Saeed
1) Grounded
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"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 a conversation with her dad about him possibly remarrying. Sami is struggling with his anxiety and worried that he'll miss...
2) Amal unbound
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English
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Recent TAB Nominations in E-Book and E-Audio
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Recent TAB Nominations in E-Book and E-Audio
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"Twelve-year-old Amal's dream of becoming a teacher one day is dashed in an instant when she accidentally insults a member of her Pakistani village's ruling family. As punishment for her behavior, she is forced to leave her heartbroken family behind and go work at their estate. Amal is distraught but has faced setbacks before. So she summons her courage and begins navigating the complex rules of life as a servant, with all its attendant jealousies...
3) Omar rising
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English
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2022-2023 Middle School TAB Nominations
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
TAB 2023: Gunston
TAB 2023: Swanson
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
TAB 2023: Gunston
TAB 2023: Swanson
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"Omar must contend with being treated like a second-class citizen when he gets a scholarship to an elite boarding school"--
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Series
Wonder Woman adventures volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"Young Wonder Woman Diana is sent by Artemis to finding missing children and must journey to the Underworld to confront Hades and the undead souls to save the children.
Author
Series
Wonder Woman adventures volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Young Princess Diana is fierce and whip-smart, and she loves her island home of Themyscira. Her deepest wish is to be able to train with the rest of the Amazons and protect her homeland--but she's told it's out of the question. This is the year Diana hopes to persuade her mother, Queen Hippolyta, to let her learn how to fight when the world's most powerful women gather on Themyscira for a festival to celebrate their different cultures. But at the...
Author
Series
Wonder Woman adventures volume 3
Language
English
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Description
"Diana travels to the mortal realm for the first time ever to fight against the evil force stealing the powers of the Olympian gods in the final book of the Wonder Woman Adventures trilogy"--
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Rumi's family has moved to a new town and he is feeling lonely and left out at school because one of the other kids, Asher, is a bully--until Sebastian joins him, drawing in the dirt under the old willow tree.
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Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Princess Jasmine has always wanted more out of her life -- to travel beyond the palace walls, to get to know her people better ... to one day become sultana and lead Agrabah. Unfortunately, her overprotective father does not agree. And he keeps introducing her to foreign princes, including a strange -- if admittedly charming -- one named Ali. Prince Ali has a secret. He's not actually royalty from the far-off kingdom of ''Ababwa,'' as he's claimed...
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Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In this reminder to celebrate everyday joys in life along with the grand achievements, sweet, silly and creative Zuni marks the moments that have made an impact on her and puts them in her family's memory jar to be shared at the end of the year.
12) Malala Yousafzai
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Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Malala Yousafzai as part of the She Persisted series"--
13) Malala Yousafzai
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Series
Publisher
Vintage Espa�nol, una divisi�on de Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Un ni�no, un maestro, un libro y un l�apiz pueden cambiar el mundo"--
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Moonlight Bay is a magical place-or it was once. After a tragic death mars the town, the pink and lavender waters in the bay turn gray, and the forest that was a refuge for newcomers becomes a scourge to the townspeople. Almost overnight, the entire town seems devoid of life and energy. The tourists have stopped coming. And the people in the town are struggling. This includes the two teens at the heart of our story: Yasmine and Rafay. Yasmine is...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series, adapted for audio, about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds—including Malala Yousafzai!
Growing up as a girl in Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai had to fight every step of the way to get an education. After she was attacked for doing so, Malala took...
Growing up as a girl in Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai had to fight every step of the way to get an education. After she was attacked for doing so, Malala took...
16) Yes no maybe so
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Language
English
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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. Maya Rehman's having the worst Ramadan ever. Her best friend is too busy to hang out, her summer trip is canceled, and now her parents...
17) Sí, no, tal vez
Author
Publisher
Puck
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"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. Maya Rehman's having the worst Ramadan ever. Her best friend is too busy to hang out, her summer trip is canceled, and now...
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon an Eid is a collection of short stories that showcases the most brilliant Muslim voices writing today, all about the most joyful holiday of the year: Eid! Eid: The short, single-syllable word conjures up a variety of feelings and memories for Muslims. Maybe it's waking up to the sound of frying samosas and simmering pistachio kheer, maybe it's the pleasure of putting on a new outfit for Eid prayers, or maybe it's the gift giving and holiday...
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Fifteen authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.
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