Hanna Alkaf
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Children’s New Books: April 2023 Middle Grade Chapter Books
2023 Winter Kit Reading List - Middle School
Children's New Books: April 2022 Middle Grade Fiction
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2023 Winter Kit Reading List - Middle School
Children's New Books: April 2022 Middle Grade Fiction
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Description
"When Hamra steals a magical fruit from a tiger hoping to cure her grandmother, she must repay her debt to the tiger by going on an extraordinary journey with him to make him human again"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Retells a Malaysian folk tale in which a lonely girl, Suraya, inherits from her grandmother a pelesit, a ghostly demon, who proves to be a good companion, bringing both danger and hope.
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
Fifteen-year-old Najwa Bakri is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend and Scrabble Queen, Trina, a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages.
Publisher
Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: November 2023 Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Short Story Collections
Description
Told from more than a dozen alternating viewpoints, this spellbinding collection of stories follows eighteen students at the Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary as they each try to solve the murder of a professor, discovering that magic doesn't always play by the rules.
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Ramadan
Children's Special Topics: Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Ramadan
Children's Special Topics: Short Story Collections
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...