Hope Ablaze: A Novel by Sarah Mughal Rana Wednesday Books/Macmillan All My Rage meets The Poet X in this electric debut that combines powerful prose and verse to explore a Muslim teen finding her voice in a post-9/11 America.Nida has always been known as Mamou Abdul-Hafeedh’s niece - the poet that will fill her uncle’s shoes after he […]
Fight Back by A.M. Dassu Lee & Low Amina's Voice meets A Good Kind of Trouble in this story about 13-year-old Aaliyah, who feels alone after putting on a hijab for the first time, but finds friends and allies through organizing a protest at her school. Thirteen-year-old Aaliyah can't wait for a concert by her favorite K-pop boy […]
Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao Margaret K. McElderry / Simon & Schuster Percy Jackson meets Tristan Strong in this hilarious, action-packed middle grade contemporary fantasy that follows a young boy as he journeys across China to seal the underworld shut and save the mortal realm. Zachary Ying never had many […]