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• Drawing Deena

  Khan, Hena

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  When aspiring artist Deena's anxiety reaches a breaking point, both she and her mother learn the importance of asking for help, and that, with the right support, she can create something truly beautiful.

• Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year

  Hamza, Nina

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  A Indian American boy endures a family move from Hawaii to frigid Minnesota and, with the help of three life-changing books he reads in school, he learns to like reading, and ultimately, himself.

• Any Way You Look

  Siddiqui, Maleeha,

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  Twelve-year-old Ainy is looking forward to working at her mother's clothing store for the summer--and someday soon wearing a hijab--but when certain boys harass her, and the boy she has a crush on does not step in, she turns to her older…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• City of the Plague God

  Chadda, Sarwat,

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  Thirteen-year-old Sikander Aziz has to team up with the hero Gilgamesh in order to stop Nergal, the ancient god of plagues, from wiping out the population of Manhattan in this adventure based on Mesopotamian mythology.

• Flying Over Water

  Hitchcock, Shannon,

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  Twelve-year-old Noura and her family, fleeing war in Syria, have been granted asylum in the United States, but they arrive in Florida to the chaos of the president's Muslim ban; twelve-year-old Jordyn is a member of the Christian church…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

  Warga, Jasmine,

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  When Rami sees a floating girl in the museum, he knows he has seen her somewhere before. Then he realizes: She looks just like the girl in the painting that has gone missing. But how does her appearance connect to the theft? Agatha the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kareem Between

  Safadi, Shifa Saltagi,

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  From failed football tryouts to helping the new Syrian refugee student, seventh-grader Kareem attempts to navigate the social complexities of seventh grade, which are further complicated when his mother is unable to return home from Syria…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Amil and the After

  Hiranandani, Veera,

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  At the turn of the new year in 1948, Amil and his family are trying to make a home in India, now independent of British rule. Both Muslim and Hindu, twelve-year-old Amil is not sure what home means anymore. The memory of the long and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Safiyyah's War

  Khan, Hiba Noor,

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  War comes to the streets of Paris and Safiyyah's life changes forever. Her best friend's family [has] fled, and the bombing makes her afraid to leave the mosque where she lives. But when her father is arrested by the Nazis for his secret…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Grounded

  a Novel

  Saeed, Aisha

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  Told in alternating points of view, at Hurston Airport, four unlikely kids' lives are changed forever when their flight is grounded by weather following a Muslim convention.

• Boy, Everywhere

  Dassu, A. M.

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  Sami loves his life in Damascus, Syria, but when war breaks out his parents decide they must flee their home for the safety of the UK.

• The Star Outside My Window

  Raúf, Onjali Q.,

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  Ten-year-old Aniyah and her little brother Noah find themselves living in foster care after the sudden disappearance of their mom, but with her life in disarray, Aniyah knows just one thing for sure--her mom is not gone forever.