Zara Hossain Is Here by Sabina Khan Scholastic Seventeen-year-old Pakistani immigrant, Zara Hossain, has been leading a fairly typical life in Corpus Christi, Texas, since her family moved there for her father to work as a pediatrician. While dealing with the Islamophobia that she faces at school, Zara has to lay low, trying not to […]
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully. When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be […]
The Lady or the Lion by Aamna Qureshi Camcat Books Perfect for fans of These Violent Delights and The Wrath and the Dawn, this scintillating debut retells “The Lady or the Tiger?” against a Pakistan-inspired world of forbidden love and court intrigues. “He sunk his teeth into her heart and she let him. ” As crown princess of […]
Wild Ones by Nafiza Azad Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry From William C. Morris Finalist Nafiza Azad comes a thrilling, feminist fantasy about a group of teenage girls endowed with special powers who must band together to save the life of the boy whose magic saved them all. We are the Wild Ones, and we […]
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers : The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks by Don Brown Houghton Mifflin Harcourt A graphic novel chronicling the immediate aftermath and rippling effects of one of the most impactful days in modern history: September 11, 2001. From the Sibert Honor– and […]
Sway with Me by Syed M. Masood Little Brown Young Readers She’s All That goes desi in this hilarious, affecting, and sweetly romantic comedy by the author of More Than Just a Pretty Face. Arsalan has learned everything he knows from Nana, his 100-year-old great-grandfather. This includes the fact that when Nana dies, Arsalan will be completely […]
Salaam, with Love by Sara Sharaf Beg Underlined / Penguin Random House Being crammed into a house in Queens with her cousins is not how Dua envisions her trip to New York City. But here she is, spending the holy month of Ramadan with extended family she hasn’t seen in years. Dua struggles to find […]
Compass, Volume 1: The Cauldron of Eternal Life by Robert MacKenzie and Dave Walker, illustrated by Justin Greenwood Image Comics Shahidah El-Amin is many things: scholar, cartographer, astronomer, mathematician, scientist, explorer, adventurer, and—when need be—two-fisted fighter. Setting out from Baghdad's legendary House of Wisdom during the Islamic Golden Age, Shahi's quest brings her to 13th-century […]
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 trilogy based on Persian folklore. Long ago his grandfather had explained that on the day of his coronation, Kamran would receive two visits. The first, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix by Aminah Mae Safi Macmillian / Feiwel & Friends A ragtag band of misfits gets swept up in Holy Land politics in this thrilling YA remix of the classic legend of Robin Hood. Jerusalem, 1192. The Third Crusade rages on. Rahma al-Hud loyally followed her elder sister Zeena […]