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• Tagging Freedom

  Roumani, Rhonda,

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  Gr. 4-7. Set in the early days of the Syrian Civil War, cousins Kareem and Samira living in Massachusetts navigate the growing conflict in Syria, new friendships, and the use of art to express themselves.

• The Next New Syrian Girl

  Shukairy, Ream,

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  An unlikely friendship between Syrian American boxer Khadija and Syrian refugee Leene reveals the pressures and expectations of the perfect Syrian daughter and the repercussions of the Syrian Revolution both at home and abroad.

• Ida in the Middle

  Murad, Nora Lester,

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  Gr. 6-8. Ida, a Palestinian-American girl, eats a magic olive that takes her to the life she might have had in her parents’ village near Jerusalem. An important coming of age story that explores identity, place, voice, and belonging. An Arab…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Home Is Not a Country

  Elhillo, Safia,

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  Gr. 6-12. A novel in verse follows the experiences of a misfit teen in a discriminatory suburban community who questions her mixed heritage before unexpected family revelations force her to fight for her own identity.

• Huda F Are You

  Fahmy, Huda,

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  Huda F. is starting high school in a new town and needs to figure out where she fits in.

• I Was Their American Dream

  a Graphic Memoir

  Gharib, Malaka,

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  Describes the author's life as a Filipino-Egyptian-American with a large, unique, loving family striving for the American Dream.

• Like a Love Story

  Nazemian, Abdi,

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  An Iranian youth who hides his sexual orientation from his family, an openly gay photographer and an aspiring fashion designer with an HIV-positive uncle fall in love and find their voices as activists during the height of the AIDS crisis in New…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Other Words for Home

  Warga, Jasmine,

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  Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian community is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the beloved family members who were left behind and forges a new sense of identity shaped by friends and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Very Large Expanse of Sea

  Mafi, Tahereh,

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  A year after 9/11, Muslim teenager Shirin has completely withdrawn from social life, until she meets Ocean James in her biology class and is tempted to actually let her guard down.

• The Map of Salt and Stars

  Joukhadar, Jennifer Zeynab,

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  Two girls living 800 years apart—a modern-day Syrian refugee seeking safety and a medieval adventurer apprenticed to a legendary mapmaker—place today’s headlines in the sweep of history, where the pain of exile and the triumph of courage echo again…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Hunt the Flame

  Faizal, Hafsah,

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  In a world inspired by ancient Arabia, seventeen-year-old huntress Zafira must disguise herself as a man to seek a lost artifact that could return magic to her cursed world.

• Balcony on the Moon

  Coming of Age in Palestine

  Barakat, Ibtisam,

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  "Balcony on the Moon follows Ibtisam Barakat through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972-1981 and chronicles her desire to be a writer"

• Down and Across

  Ahmadi, Arvin

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  "Sixteen-year-old Scott Ferdowsi's impromptu trip to a famous professor for advice about success turns into a summer of freedom that brings him answers in unexpected places"

• Saints and Misfits

  a Novel

  Ali, S. K.,

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  Fifteen-year-old Janna Yusuf, a Flannery O'Connor-obsessed book nerd and the daughter of the only divorced mother at their mosque, tries to make sense of the events that follow when her best friend's cousin--a holy star in the Muslim…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Here to Stay

  Farizan, Sara, 1984-

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  When a cyberbully sends the entire high school a picture of basketball hero Bijan Majidi, photo-shopped to look like a terrorist, the school administration promises to find and punish the culprit, but Bijan just wants to pretend the incident never…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ronit & Jamil

  Laskin, Pamela L.,

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  Ronit, an Israeli girl, lives on one side of the fence. Jamil, a Palestinian boy, lives on the other side. Only miles apart but separated by generations of conflict—much more than just the concrete blockade between them. Their fathers, however, work…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All-American Muslim Girl

  Courtney, Nadine Jolie, 1980-

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  Sixteen-year-old Allie, aged seven when she knew her family was different and feared, struggles to claim her Muslim and Arabic heritage while finding her place as an American teenager.

• The Night Counter

  a Novel

  Yunis, Alia

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  A magic carpet ride examining the lives of Fatima Abdullah and her huge dysfunctional family. Imitating Scheherazade, Fatima spins her own tales to the legendary storyteller, Scheherazade. And she has plenty of material: Fatima is dying, and more…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Does My Head Look Big in This?

  Abdel-Fattah, Randa

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  Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl Who Fell to Earth

  a Memoir

  Al-Maria, Sophia

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  An award-winning young filmmaker and writer's funny and wry coming-of-age memoir about growing up in between the American and Arab cultures.