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Author
Series
Marya Khan volume 1
Language
English
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.
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
DEN - Kids + Teens: Arab American Heritage Month
DEN - Kids + Teens: Jewish-American Heritage Month
JEF - Jewish Heritage (Children)
DEN - Kids + Teens: Jewish-American Heritage Month
JEF - Jewish Heritage (Children)
Description
Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a Jewish girl, connect in an after school cooking club and bond over food and their mothers' struggles to become United States citizens.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When some quirky art donated to a school fundraising effort to help a Pakistani American family, victims of a possible hate crime, is revealed to be an unknown work by a famous outsider artist, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, adults and teenagers alike debate who should get the money and begin to question each other's motivations.
7) All my rage
Author
Language
English
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Description
A family extending from Pakistan to California, deals with generations of young love, old regrets, and forgiveness.
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....
Author
Series
Amina's voice volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
DEN - Kids + Teens: Arab American Heritage Month
JEF - Asian Pacific Islander Authors (Chapter Books)
JEF - Asian Pacific Islander Authors (Chapter Books)
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
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Ms. Alex is called away from the classroom, she leaves Yasmin in charge, but the other children just ignore her and start acting silly and noisy--until Yasmin thinks up a way to motivate them to finish the math assignment, quietly.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on list
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 toshare with her new "friends."
15) Leila in saffron
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Shy and unsure of herself, Leila discovers all the things that make her special with the loving help of her Naani.
Author
Series
Marya Khan volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When self-proclaimed 'not very bright' nineteen-year-old Danyal Jilani is chosen for a prestigious academic contest, he hopes to impress a potential arranged marriage match, only to begin falling for the girl helping him study instead"--
20) Sway with me
Author
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"--
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