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Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After his grandfather's rebab, a traditional Afghan musical instrument, is stolen, Sami discovers it in a music store, but unable to buy it back, he makes a series of trades to get the money and, haunted by memories of his past, makes unexpected connections to his community.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Escaping from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the summer of 2001, eleven-year-old Fadi and his family immigrate to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Fadi schemes to return to the Pakistani refugee camp where his little sister was accidentally left behind.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ariana, a tomboy, and her ladylike cousin Laila, recently arrived from Afghanistan, do not get along but they pull together when a rival Afghani grocery store opens, rekindling an old family feud and threatening their family's livelihood.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This #ownvoices novel by bestselling author Nadia Hashimi tells the affecting story of an Afghan-American boy who believes his mother has been deported. For fans of Inside Out and Back Again and Counting by 7s. Jason has just learned that his Afghan mother has been living illegally in the United States since his father was killed in Afghanistan. Although Jason was born in the US, its hard to feel American now when hes terrified that his mother will...
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Afghan American Mafi's sophomore year gets complicated as family secrets are exposed, putting her family back in Afghanistan in danger"--
"Afghan-American Mafi’s sophomore year gets a whole lot more complicated when she accidentally exposes family secrets, putting her family back in Afghanistan in danger in this smartly written YA debut. Sixteen-year-old Mafi Shahin is well-aware that life is not always fair. If it was fair, her parents might...
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