Wishing Upon the Same Stars by Jacquetta Nammar Feldman Harper/HarperCollins This is a poignant coming-of-age middle grade debut about Yasmeen Khoury, an Arab American girl who befriends the Jewish-Israeli girl […]
This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi Harper / HarperCollins Clashing empires, forbidden romance, and a long-forgotten queen destined to save her people—bestselling author Tahereh Mafi’s first in an epic, romantic […]
Omar Rising by Aisha Saeed Nancy Paulsen Books / Penguin Random House “Irresistibly appealing and genuinely inspiring—a story that helps us to see the world more clearly, and to see […]
Me and White Supremacy: Young Readers' Edition by Layla F. Saad Sourcebooks Explore / Sourcebooks Awareness leads to action, and action leads to change. From the author of the New York […]
I am Malala Yousafzai by Brad Meltzer, illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos Dial / Penguin Random House The youngest ever Nobel Prize laureate, Pakistani women’s rights activist Malala Yousafzai, is the […]
You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen Inkyard Press / HarperCollins Dear White People meets Love, Hate, and Other Filters in this powerful, thought-provoking own-voices debut novel about three Black Muslim girls who create a space where they can shatter assumptions and share truths the country doesn’t see. In this compelling and thought-provoking debut novel, after a terrorist […]
Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors Edited by Aida Salazar and Yamile Saied Mendez Candlewick An essential, highly relatable collection of short fiction and poems around the topic of menstruation, written exclusively by authors who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color For Angela, it came on the basketball court—while playing on […]
We Have a Dream : Meet 30 Young Indigenous People and People of Color Protecting the Planet by Mya-Rose Craig, illustrated by Sabrena Khadija Magic Cat / ABRAMS Thirty young environmental activists share their dreams with voice of a generation Mya-Rose Craig Indigenous people and people of color are disproportionately affected by climate change. And […]
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 Day author Muhammad Khan, asking who you can trust when all you see is lies. Fifteen-year-old Dua Iqbal has always had trouble minding her own […]
A World Full of Journeys and Migrations : The Movement of People and Ideas! by Martin Howard, illustrated by Christopher Corr Frances Lincoln / Quarto A World Full of Journeys and Migrations is a richly illustrated introduction to the history of human migration. From the first people to leave home and travel across the world, right […]
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 is about her coming-of-age trials as her habit of “borrowing” glittery things overshadows otherwise good intentions, ultimately betraying her best friend and thwarting her plan […]
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, […]