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Review of The Partition Project
The Partition Project by Saadia FaruqiIntermediate, Middle School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 416 pp.2/24 9780063115811 $19.99e-book ed. 9780063115873 $10.99Seventh grader Mahnoor Raheem is less than thrilled when her Pakistani grandmother, Dadi, comes to live with them in Texas. Not only does Maha have to give up her bedroom, but her father also...
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Review of My Mother’s Tongues: A Weaving of Languages
My Mother’s Tongues: A Weaving of Languages by Uma Menon; illus. by Rahele Jomepour BellPrimary Candlewick 32 pp.2/24 9781536222517 $18.99Sumi’s mother switches effortlessly between Malayalam, a regional language from Kerala, India, and English. She speaks Malayalam to Sumi’s grandmother, a mix of English and Malayalam to Sumi, and English to...
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Review of Drawing Deena
Drawing Deena by Hena KhanMiddle School Salaam/Simon 240 pp.2/24 9781534459915 $17.99e-book ed. 9781534459939 $10.99Thirteen-year-old Deena Rahman’s world revolves around spending time with her friends, creating art, and appeasing her Pakistani American family. Deena also helps her mother run a clothing boutique selling Pakistani outfits, hoping to alleviate tension in their...
We Need Diverse Muslim and Jewish Books: An Update
In their March/April 2020 Horn Book article “We Need Diverse Jewish and Muslim Books: A Conversation,” Heidi Rabinowitz and Sadaf Siddique discussed the state of Jewish and Muslim books and the work being done to share them. They found a number of parallels in their approaches to showcasing Jewish and...
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Review of We Are All We Have
We Are All We Have by Marina Budhos High School Lamb/Random 256 pp. g10/22 978-0-593-12020-0 $17.99Library ed. 978-0-593-12021-7 $20.99e-book ed. 978-0-593-12022-4 $10.99 When an overnight ICE raid in 2019 Brooklyn leads to her mother’s arrest, seventeen-year-old Rania and her eight-year-old brother, Kamal, are left behind....
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Review of Hollow Fires
Hollow Fires by Samira AhmedHigh School Little, Brown 400 pp. g5/22 978-0-316-28264-2 $18.99e-book ed. 978-0-316-28284-0 $9.99In a fast-paced thriller with elements of the supernatural, Ahmed (Internment, rev. 3/19) continues to explore issues of racism and Islamophobia. Chicago high-school senior and budding journalist Safiya Mirza attends exclusive DuSable Prep. When...
Review of Unsettled
Unsettled by Reem Faruqi Middle School Harper/HarperCollins 352 pp. g 5/21 978-0-06-304470-8 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-304472-2 $8.99 Faruqi’s evocative immigrant story in verse follows a young girl from the “land of the pure” to the “land of the free.” Thirteen-year-old Nurah Haqq and her family move from Karachi, Pakistan, to...
Review of Home Is Not a Country
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo Middle School, High School Make Me a World/Random 224 pp. g 3/21 978-0-593-17705-1 $17.99 Library ed. 978-0-593-17706-8 $20.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-17707-5 $10.99 Elhillo’s strikingly original novel in searingly honest, staccato verse, nearly all in lowercase, showcases the difficult realities of working-class immigrant...
Review of A Thousand Questions
A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi Intermediate Quill Tree/HarperCollins 320 pp. g 10/20 978-0-06-294320-0 $16.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-294322-4 $8.99 Issues of home and belonging form the cornerstones of Faruqi’s (author of the Yasmin early chapter books) first solo middle-grade novel. Mimi and her mother (her father left the family when...
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