Mark My Words by Muhammad Khan

Mark My Words by Muhammad Khan Pan Macmillan Isn't the truth as simple as black and white? Mark My Words is the searing novel from Branford Boase Award-winner and 2020 World Book […]

Golden Girl by Reem Faruqi

Golden Girl Reem Faruqi HarperCollins From the award winning author of Unsettled, comes her second magical middle grade novel in verse about seventh grader Aafiyah, a Pakistani American girl. This book […]

Narya and the Djinn by Iasmin Omar Ata

Narya and the Djinn by Iasmin Omar Ata Penguin Random House/Viking Books for Young Readers In this coming-of-age graphic novel with a fantastical twist, Nayra Mansour, a Muslim American girl is helped on her journey to selfhood by a djinn. Nothing is going right for Nayra Mansour. There’s the constant pressure from her strict family, […]

The Katha Chest by Radhiah Chowdhury

The Katha Chest by Radhiah Chowdhury, illustrated by Lavanya Naidu Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Reminiscent of Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow’s Mommy’s Khimar, this beautifully woven tale about the bonds of love, culture, and memory follows a young girl learning about her family history through her grandmother’s katha chest. Asiya loves to visit Nanu’s house where she […]

The Deep Blue Between by Ayesha Harruna Attah

The Deep Blue Between by Ayesha Harruna Attah Carolrhoda Lab / Lerner (U.S. release 2022) This powerful portrait of fiercely independent sisters offers a rare glimpse of empowered young women […]