The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks Quill Tree / HarperCollins Wolf Hollow meets The Thing About Jellyfish in Danielle Binks’s debut middle grade novel set in 1999, where a twelve-year-old girl grapples with the meaning of home and family amidst a refugee crisis that has divided her town. If you asked Fred to draw a map […]
The Sevenfold Hunters by Rose Egal Page Street Kids Sci-fi fans will love this genre-bending debut full of cutthroat school politics and the speculative intrigue of alien contact. There’s nothing hijabi alien hunter Abyan wants more than to graduate from Carlisle Academy and finally rid the Earth of aliens, the Nosaru. Everything is going to […]
Ida in the Middle by Nora Lester Murad Interlink Publishing Group Every time violence erupts in the Middle East, Ida knows what’s coming at her school near Boston. Some of her classmates treat her as if it’s all her fault—just for being Palestinian. In eighth grade, Ida is forced to move to a different school, […]
Against All Odds: Girls Rock : Indonesia Claudia Bellante, illustrated by Josefina Schargorodsky Interlink Three girls in Indonesia discover their passion for heavy metal music in this brand new picture book series In a small village in Java, Indonesia three young Muslim girls begin to explore their passion for heavy metal music after watching a […]
We're in This Together: A Young Readers Edition of We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders by Linda Sarsour Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster An inspiring and empowering young readers edition of We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders, the memoir by Women’s March co-organizer and activist Linda Sarsour. You can count on me, your […]
Rebel of Fire and Flight by Aneesa Marufu Chicken House / Scholastic This is the story of sixteen-year-old Khadija, who flees her home in a stolen hot air balloon to escape life in an arranged marriage. A deeply relevant, commercial fantasy adventure by an enthralling new talent, exploring prejudice, the deep roots of hatred, and […]
The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets Pride and Prejudice in this delightful and heartfelt rom-com about a Bangladeshi American teen whose meddling mother arranges a match to secure their family’s financial security—just as she’s falling in love with someone else. […]
The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S. K. Ali Illustrated by Hatem Aly Little Brown / Hachette What kind of world do you want? Faizah knows just how to answer her teacher’s question: She wants a kind world, as special as her sister’s hijab, a world of friends helping one […]
Milloo's Mind: The Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for Women's Education by Reem Faruqi, illustrated by Hoda Hadadi HarperCollins Perfect for fans of Malala’s Magic Pencil and She Persisted! From the author of Lailah’s Lunchbox comes a powerful picture book biography about Maryam Faruqi, the founder of the Happy Home Schools, which provided education to thousands of girls across India and […]
My First Book About Salah by Sara Khan Illustrated by Ali Lodge Kube Publishing The perfect book to introduce children to the Gift of Prayer (Salah). This simple but beautiful book introduces children to the second pillar of Islam; the five daily prayers. It starts with reference to the Night Journey ‘Isra wal Miraj’ in […]
Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim Delacorte Press/Penguin Random House The first book in an epic fantasy series set in an Arabian-inspired land with secret spice magic. Raised to protect her nation from the monsters lurking in the sands, sixteen-year-old Imani must fight to find her brother, whose betrayal is now the country's greatest threat. In […]
I Remember...: Muslim Loyalty and Sacrifice in WWI by Maidah Ahmad, illustrated by Kristina Swarner Kube Publishing Ltd A letter between a Muslim grandchild to his/her war hero great-grandpa to reassure him that his story, his bravery, and his memory have not been forgotten. The World Wars are commonly remembered as two of the most catastrophic […]