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1) All my rage
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper, California, they understand each other the way no one...
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nadia is the flower girl at her aunt's wedding and, as part of the Pakistani tradition, has her hands decorated with a long-lasting henna dye, but Nadia worries about what the kids at school will say about it on Monday.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: March 2024 Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Poetry Month 2024
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Poetry Month 2024
Description
Twelve-year-old Adnan dreams of making it to the Ultimate Table Tennis championship, but when tragedy strikes his family, Adnan loses his passion for table tennis and must learn to channel his grief and heal.
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Asian Pacific American Award for Literature
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Month Picture Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Month Picture Books
Description
Bilal and his father invite his friends to help make his favorite dish, daal, then all must wait patiently for it to be done.
5) Bhai for now
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
"When Ashar and Shaheer meet, they quickly discover they're twins and will stop at nothing to get to know the parent they've been separated from, learning along the way that they may not like each other, but they definitely need each other."--
Author
Series
Zara's rules volume 2
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: January 2023 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Description
After Zara's bike goes missing, her parents insist on her earning money to pay for it, so she and her friend Naomi turn their red wagon into The Treasure Wagon and try and sell some old knickknacks found in her family's basement.
Author
Series
Marya Khan volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children’s New Books: April 2023 Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Read in Full Bloom: 1st - 3rd Grade
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Read in Full Bloom: 1st - 3rd Grade
Description
When Marya's third-grade class participates in taking care of the school's new garden, Marya wants to be the student leader in charge, but every time she tries to prove she has what it takes to be a leader things get messy.
9) Sway with me
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Arsalan Nizami has learned all he knows from his 100-year-old great-grandfather, but when Beenish Siraj asks him to be her partner in a dance she's been forbidden to perform at her sister's wedding, Arsalan's world opens up in more ways than he could have imagined"--
Author
Series
Marya Khan volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: February 2023 Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: 2022 SLJ Best Books of the Year_Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: 2022 SLJ Best Books of the Year_Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Description
With her eighth birthday coming up, Marya claims she is having an epic henna party, so now she must convince her family to make it happen and work to pull it off, but everything Marya does seems to end in disaster.
11) Amina's song
Author
Series
Amina's voice volume 2
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Asian Pacific American Award for Literature
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
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.--
12) Amina's voice
Author
Series
Amina's voice volume 1
Publisher
Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Recommended: 5th Grade
Children's Recommended: 5th Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Recommended: 5th Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Description
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" and hide who she really is?
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
As features editor of her school newspaper, thirteen-year-old Jameela Pervaiz wants to impress her father by writing a spectacular story about the new student, but a misunderstanding and family illness complicate matters.
14) On point
Author
Series
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Zayd is so excited to finally be on the Gold Team in basketball but when the team starts struggling and his best friend quits to play football he must step up for his team"--
15) Power forward
Author
Series
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Fourth-grader Zayd yearns to play basketball on the Gold Team, but when he skips orchestra rehearsal to practice, his parents forbid anything basketball-related, and tryouts are coming soon.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
High school has ended, and Shabnam Qureshi is facing a summer of loneliness and boredom. She's felt alienated from her gutsy best friend, Farah, ever since Farah started wearing the Muslim head scarf -- without even bothering to discuss it with Shabnam first. But no one else comes close to understanding her, especially not her parents. All Shabnam wants to do is get through the summer. Get to Penn. Begin anew. Not look back. That is, until she meets...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Kamala Khan is just your average teenager living in Jersey City trying to balance high school and her family's Muslim heritage. That is, until she discovers that she has super powers! As a huge fan of super heroes herself, Kamala takes on the name "Ms. Marvel," previously used by her all-time favorite super hero, Captain Marvel. Ms. Marvel/Kamala is able to shape shift, usually using this power to elongate her limbs or enlarge her fists... which she...
Author
Series
Zara's rules volume 1
Publisher
Salaam Reads, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: February 2023 Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Description
Ten-year-old (nearly eleven) Zara's nickname is "Queen of the Neighborhood" because she organizes the other children (even the older ones), sets the rules, and generally makes sure everyone has fun; but now another ten-year-old, Naomi, has moved in across the street and she has her own ideas about fun games, and suddenly the other kids (even Zara's younger brother Zayd) are listening to Naomi. If she is going to retain her influence, Zara needs to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, A Capstone Imprint
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
Yasmin's class is going on a field trip to the zoo, and Yasmin is thrilled when she is chosen to help feed the monkeys; but when she trips and spills their food both she and the monkeys are upset--until she remembers that she has fruit in her lunch bag to share with her new "friends."
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Recommended: Beginner Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Description
Unsure about her artistic skills, second-grader Yasmin is not looking forward to the art competition at school--but with the support and encouragement of her family she produces a prize-winning painting.
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