Hena Khan
4) 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
2022 ALA Youth Media Awards
Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
One World, Many Stories, 3rd - 5th
Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
One World, Many Stories, 3rd - 5th
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.
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
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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"--
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
From a crescent moon to a square garden to an octagonal fountain, this breathtaking picture book celebrates the shapesand traditionsof the Muslim world. Sure to inspire questions and observations about world religions and cultures, Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets is equally at home in a classroom reading circle and on a parent's lap being read to a child.
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 Saleem has some serious hoop dreams. He's not just going to be a professional basketball player. He's going to be a star. A legend. The first Pakistani-American kid to make it to the NBA. He knows this deep in his soul. It's his destiny. There are only a few small things in his way. For starters, Zayd's only on the D-team. (D stands for developmental, but to Zayd it's always felt like a bad grade or something.) Not to mention,...
10) Drawing Deena
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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.
"From the award-winning author of Amina's Voice and Amina's Song comes a tenderhearted middle grade novel about a young Pakistani American artist determined to manage her anxiety and forge her own creative path. Deena's never given a name to the...
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
As features editor of her school newspaper, thirteen-year-old Jameela Mirza wants to impress her father by writing a spectacular story about the new student, but a misunderstanding and family illness complicate matters.
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A story of community, belonging, and friendship told by South Asian authors through an interconnected anthology, based in the fictional town of Maple Grove, New Jersey, and centralized at the town community center"--
""Celebrating the diversity of the South Asian American experience in a local community center, this heartwarming novel of interconnected stories, set in New Jersey, follows a group of local kids who gather together to discover new...
Author
Series
Unicorn Rescue Society volume 6
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Professor Fauna spots a unicorn horn mounted on the wall of the Schmoke Brothers' living room, the Unicorn Rescue Society heads to the Himalayan mountains of Northern Pakistan to finally see a unicorn themselves
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In this collection of personal stories and essays, award-winning and best-selling authors show that hope can live anywhere, even during the darkest of times. Where does hope live? In your family? In your community? In your school? In your heart? From a family restaurant to a hot-dog shaped car, from an empty road on a moonlight night to a classoom holiday celebration, this anthology of personal stories from award-winning and bestselling authors, shows...
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
One World, Many Stories 6th - 8th
Stories about Ramadan
One World, Many Stories 6th - 8th
Stories about Ramadan
Description
"Day of Joy 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 parties...