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Author
Language
English
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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.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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2022 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
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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...
Author
Series
Amina's voice volume 1
Publisher
Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
"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"--
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school. After her local mosque if vandalized, she is devastated. Her friend Soojin is talking about changing her name. Does Amina need to become more "American"...
5) Red shoes
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
Malika loves her new red shoes and wears them everywhere, but eventually she outgrows them, and her grandmother takes them to a second-hand shop--where they will become a special present for Amina (who fasted half the month of Ramadan) in Africa, who will enjoy her special red shoes every bit as much as Malika did.
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
Nadia y Nadir pasan un divertido día de otoño jugando entre las hojas. Después de que las cosas se ponen demasiado difíciles, deciden crear arte natural mientras esperan que Abu y Ammi preparen un acogedor almuerzo con barbacoa.
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