Saving Sunshine
by Saadia Faruqi, illustrated by Shazleen Khan
Macmillan/First Second
Relatable, funny, and heart-wrenchingly honest, Saving Sunshine is the poignant story of Muslim American siblings learning how to build each other up in a world that is too often unkind.
It’s already hard enough just being a kid, without being teased for having a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab.
It’s even harder when you’re constantly fighting your sibling—and Zara and Zeeshan really can’t stand each other. During a family trip to Florida, when the bickering, shoving, and insults reach new heights of chaos, their parents sentence them to the worst possible fate—each other’s company! But when the twins find an ailing turtle, it presents a rare opportunity for teamwork—if the two can put their differences aside at last.
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Nadia and Nadir: Beach-Trash Art by Marzieh A. Ali
Illustrated by Lala Stellune
Calico Kid / North Star Editions
Nadia and Nadir are a pair of young Muslim-American siblings living in Houston, Texas, with their mom and dad. Like all kids, they enjoy staying busy. Nadia and Nadir are quick to make learning fun in their day-to-day lives. And with grandparents coming to visit and trips to Pakistan in their schedules, the kids enjoy exploring their family’s culture and traditions.
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Nadia and Nadir: Hurricane Helpers by Marzieh A. Ali
Illustrated by Lala Stellune
Calico Kid / North Star Editions
Nadia and Nadir are a pair of young Muslim-American siblings living in Houston, Texas, with their mom and dad. Like all kids, they enjoy staying busy. Nadia and Nadir are quick to make learning fun in their day-to-day lives. And with grandparents coming to visit and trips to Pakistan in their schedules, the kids enjoy exploring their family’s culture and traditions.
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Nadia and Nadir: Eid Surprises by Marzieh A. Ali
Illustrated by Lala Stellune
Calico Kid / North Star Editions
Nadia and Nadir are a pair of young Muslim-American siblings living in Houston, Texas, with their mom and dad. Like all kids, they enjoy staying busy. Nadia and Nadir are quick to make learning fun in their day-to-day lives. And with grandparents coming to visit and trips to Pakistan in their schedules, the kids enjoy exploring their family’s culture and traditions.
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Nadia and Nadir Lunch in the Leaves by Marzieh A. Ali
Illustrated by Lala Stellune
Calico Kid / North Star Editions
Nadia and Nadir are a pair of young Muslim-American siblings living in Houston, Texas, with their mom and dad. Like all kids, they enjoy staying busy. Nadia and Nadir are quick to make learning fun in their day-to-day lives. And with grandparents coming to visit and trips to Pakistan in their schedules, the kids enjoy exploring their family’s culture and traditions.
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Nadia and Nadir Ramadan Cookies by Marzieh A. Ali
Illustrated by Lala Stellune
Calico Kid / North Star Editions
Nadia and Nadir are a pair of young Muslim-American siblings living in Houston, Texas, with their mom and dad. Like all kids, they enjoy staying busy. Nadia and Nadir are quick to make learning fun in their day-to-day lives. And with grandparents coming to visit and trips to Pakistan in their schedules, the kids enjoy exploring their family’s culture and traditions.
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Nadia and Nadir Visit Pakistan by Marzieh A. Ali
Illustrated by Lala Stellune
Calico Kid / North Star Editions
Nadia and Nadir are a pair of young Muslim-American siblings living in Houston, Texas, with their mom and dad. Like all kids, they enjoy staying busy. Nadia and Nadir are quick to make learning fun in their day-to-day lives. And with grandparents coming to visit and trips to Pakistan in their schedules, the kids enjoy exploring their family’s culture and traditions.
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Amira & Hamza: The Quest for the Ring of Power
by Samira Ahmed
Little Brown / Hachette
Amira and Hamza are back in this epic sequel, which takes readers on a thrilling magical adventure as the siblings face their most terrifying and formidable opponent yet.
All human and jinn kind shall bow down to me. Control the Ring, control the worlds.
Amira and Hamza have returned from Qaf, the magical Jinn world, as triumphant heroes—and life has been pleasantly quiet. Too quiet. Hamza is determined to have one last monumental, epic adventure before summer ends. But when sneaking off to explore an old, abandoned castle goes from life-changing adventure to potentially deadly, Amira and Hamza find themselves in the middle of another dangerous quest to save the worlds. One they didn’t bargain for.
The siblings are brought face to face with the evil dev, Ahriman, angry and out for revenge. And if Amira and Hamza thought Ifrit was bad, his dad Ahriman, the last in an ancient line of fire spirits, is far worse. Ahriman kidnaps Hamza and forces him to help locate the lost Ring of Power, an ancient and mysterious artifact that will allow him to rule the universe. Desperate to save her brother, Amira must outsmart perilous traps and confounding puzzles in a race against time to retrieve the artifact before Ahriman does or say goodbye to Hamza and their world forever.
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Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Vol. 4 (Miles Morales: Spider-Man #4)
by Saladin Ahmed
Illustrated by Cory Smith, Carmen Carnero, and Javier Garrón
Marvel
Morales versus monsters! Miles is taking on his biggest responsibility yet, babysitting his new little sister, Billie! But fussiness and feeding are the least of their problems – because there’s something stirring underground! Meanwhile, Miles’ uncle Aaron has made a deal with a different kind of monster – the villainous Ultimatum – and he’s about to get bitten! Plus: When the government outlaws teenage super heroes, find out how life will change for Brooklyn’s young Spider-Man! It’s time for the next generation to stand together – or fall apart! Now, Miles must risk the wrath of CRADLE, the government’s anti-hero task force, in a desperate mission to help a friend!
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Amira and Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds (Amira & Hamza #1) by Samira Ahmed
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
On the day of a rare super blue blood moon eclipse, twelve-year-old Amira and her little brother, Hamza, can’t stop their bickering while attending a special exhibit on medieval Islamic astronomy. While stargazer Amira is wowed by the amazing gadgets, a bored Hamza wanders off, stumbling across the mesmerizing and forbidden Box of the Moon. Amira can only watch in horror as Hamza grabs the defunct box and it springs to life, setting off a series of events that could shatter their world—literally.
Suddenly, day turns to night, everyone around Amira and Hamza falls under a sleep spell, and a chunk of the moon breaks off, hurtling toward them at lightning speed, as they come face-to-face with two otherworldly creatures: jinn.
The jinn reveal that the siblings have a role to play in an ancient prophecy. Together, they must journey to the mystical land of Qaf, battle a great evil, and end a civil war to prevent the moon—the stopper between realms—from breaking apart and unleashing terrifying jinn, devs, and ghuls onto earth. Or they might have to say goodbye to their parents and life as they know it, forever.…
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