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My Big, Fat Desi Wedding
Prerna Pickett - Page Street YA
Format: Hardcover
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Drama. Food. Fashion. More drama. More food. Nosey aunties and uncles -- and, of course, the universal language of love. These elements are a must-have for any Desi wedding, inclusive of people indigenous to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. In this anthology, authors from... |
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Six Truths and a Lie
Ream Shukairy - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Six Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack in this timely and harrowing examination of America's justice system, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas and Samira Ahmed.. As fireworks pop off at a rowdy Fourth of July bonfire party, an explosion off the California coast levels... |
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A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea)
Hafsah Faizal - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame comes the first book in a hotly-anticipated fantasy duology teeming with romance and revenge, led by an orphan girl willing to do whatever it takes to save her self-made kingdom.. On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir... |
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Four Eids and a Funeral
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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Ex-best friends, Tiwa and Said, must work together to save their Islamic Center from demolition, in this romantic story of rekindling and rebuilding by award-winning authors Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé & Adiba Jaigirdar!
These days, Said Hossain spends most of his time away at boarding... |
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Three Summers: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Summer Crushes, and Growing Up on the Eve of War
Amra Sabic-El-Rayess - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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An epic middle-grade memoir about sisterhood and coming-of-age in the three years leading up to the Bosnian Genocide. . Three Summers is the story of five young cousins who grow closer than sisters as ethnic tensions escalate over three summers in 1980s Bosnia. They navigate the joys and pitfalls... |
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Forty Words for Love
Aisha Saeed - Youth Large Print
Format: Large Print
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In this tender genre-bending young adult novel by New York Times bestselling author Aisha Saeed, two teen protagonists grow from friends to something more in the aftermath of a tragedy in their magical town.Moonlight Bay is a magical place--or it was once. After a tragic death mars the town,... |
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A Show for Two
Tashie Bhuiyan - Inkyard Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Wholly heartwarming and enchanting." - Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and Our Violent EndsNew from the author of Counting Down with You comes a sparkling YA romance about an aspiring screenwriter who falls for the indie film star who goes... |
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Punching the Air
Ibi Zoboi - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds, Walter Dean Myers, and Elizabeth Acevedo. The story that I thought... |
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This Book Won't Burn
Samira Ahmed - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspense novel about book banning, activism, and standing up for what you believe.
After her dad abruptly abandons her family and her mom moves them a million miles from their Chicago home, Noor... |
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The Next New Syrian Girl
Ream Shukairy - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Furia meets I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter about the unlikely friendship between two very different Syrian girls, the pressures and expectations of the perfect Syrian daughter, and the repercussions of the Syrian Revolution both at home and abroad.. Khadija Shami is a Syrian American... |
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Counting Down with You
Tashie Bhuiyan
Format: Hardcover
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In this sparkling and romantic YA debut, a reserved Bangladeshi teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school's resident bad boy.How do you make one month last a lifetime?Karina Ahmed has a plan. Keep her head down, get through... |
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Mirage: A Novel
SOMAIYA DAUD - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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The stunning epic fantasy inspired by the author's Moroccan heritage about a poor girl who must become the body double of a princess of a ruthless empire hailed as "a rich, dazzling, powerful debut" by Tahereh Mafi, the New York Times author of the Shatter Me seriesIn a world... |
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Love from Mecca to Medina
S. K. Ali
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Adam and Zayneb. Perfectly matched. Painfully apart.
Adam is in Doha, Qatar, making a map of the Hijra, a historic migration from Mecca to Medina, and worried about where his next paycheck will come from. Zayneb is in Chicago, where school and extracurricular stresses are piling on top of a terrible... |
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Tell Me How You Really Feel
Aminah Mae Safi - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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Sana Khan is a cheerleader and a straight A student. She's the classic (somewhat obnoxious) overachiever determined to win. Rachel Recht is a wannabe director who's obsesssed with movies and ready to make her own masterpiece. As she's casting her senior film project, she knows she's... |
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The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali
Sabina Khan - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Unable to come out to her conservative Muslim parents, Rukhsana Ali keeps that part of her identity hidden. And that means keeping her girlfriend, Ariana, a secret from them too. Luckily, only a few more months stand between her carefully monitored life at home and a fresh start at Caltech... |
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Spice Road
Maiya Ibrahim - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover
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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 the hidden... |
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The Loophole
Naz Kutub - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover
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A gay Muslim boy travels the world for a second chance at love after a possibly magical heiress grants him three wishes in this YA debut that's Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda with a twist of magic.Sy is a timid seventeen-year-old queer Indian-Muslim boy who placed all his bets at happiness... |
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The Love Match
Priyanka Taslim - Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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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.Zahra Khan... |
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Squire
Nadia Shammas - Quill Tree Books
Format: Paperback
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From two incredible rising talents comes the fantasy graphic novel Molly Knox Ostertag calls "instantly compelling." A New England Book Award and Harvey Award winner!Aiza has always dreamt of becoming a Knight. Its the highest military honor in the once-great Bayt-Sajji Empire,... |
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How It All Blew Up
Arvin Ahmadi - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi always knew coming out to his Muslim family would be messy--he just didn't think it would end in an airport interrogation room. But when faced with a failed relationship, bullies, and blackmail, running away to Rome is his only option. Right?Soon, late nights... |
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As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
Zoulfa Katouh - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A love letter to Syria and its people, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolution, burning with the fires of hope, love, and possibility. Perfect for fans of The Book Thief and Salt to the Sea.Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries... |
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All My Rage: A Novel
Sabaa Tahir - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover
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Lahore, Pakistan. Then.Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Cloud's Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now.Salahudin and Noor... |
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The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival
Amra Sabic-El-Rayess - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover
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It is 1992 and Bihac, Amra's hometown, is a multicultural city with Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. But when tensions escalate, the Serbs turn on their Bosnian neighbors. The Serbs control the army, and now they have peaceful Bihac surrounded. Soon Amra and her family are dealing with starvation... |
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Here to Stay
Sara Farizan - Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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For most of high school, Bijan Majidi has flown under the radar. He gets good grades, reads comics, hangs out with his best friend, Sean, and secretly crushes on Elle, one of the most popular girls in his school. When he's called off the basketball team's varsity bench and makes the winning... |
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Queen of the Tiles
Hanna Alkaf
Format: Hardcover
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They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen's Gambit in the world of competitive Scrabble when a teen girl is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages.CATALYST 13 points noun:... |
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You Truly Assumed
Laila Sabreen - Inkyard Press; Original edition
Format: Hardcover
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In this compelling and thought-provoking debut novel, after a terrorist attack rocks the country and anti-Islamic sentiment stirs, three Black Muslim girls create a space where they can shatter assumptions and share truths.Sabriya has her whole summer planned out in color-coded glory, but those... |
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Huda F Are You?
Huda Fahmy - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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Huda and her family just moved to Dearborn, Michigan, a small town with a big Muslim population. In her old town, Huda knew exactly who she was: She was the hijabi girl. But in Dearborn, everyone is the hijabi girl. Huda is lost in a sea of hijabis, and she can't rely on her hijab to define... |
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It All Comes Back to You
Farah Naz Rishi - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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Two exes must revisit their past after their siblings start dating in this rom-com perfect for fans of Sandhya Menon and Morgan Matson.After Kiran Noorani's mom died, Kiran vowed to keep her dad and sister, Amira, close - to keep her family together. But when Amira announces that she's... |
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Love from A to Z
S. K. Ali - Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From William C. Morris Award Finalist S.K. Ali comes an unforgettable romance that is part The Sun Is Also a Star mixed with Anna and the French Kiss, following two Muslim teens who meet during a spring break trip.A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing.... |
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Home Is Not a Country
Safia Elhillo - Make Me a World
Format: Hardcover
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Nima doesn't feel understood. By her mother, who grew up far away in a different land. By her suburban town, which makes her feel too much like an outsider to fit in and not enough like an outsider to feel like that she belongs somewhere else. At least she has her childhood friend Haitham,... |
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Yes No Maybe So
Becky Albertalli - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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A book about the power of love and resistance from New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed.YESJamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state senate candidate - as long as he's behind the scenes. When it comes to speaking to strangers (or, let's... |
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The Henna Wars
Adiba Jaigirdar - Page Street Kids
Format: Hardcover
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"Impossible to put down." - Kirkus, starred review Nishat doesn't want to lose her family, but she also doesn't want to hide who she is, and it only gets harder once a childhood friend walks back into her life. Flvia is beautiful and charismatic, and Nishat falls for her instantly.... |
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A Land of Permanent Goodbyes
Atia Abawi - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful novel of refugees escaping from war-torn Syria, masterfully told by a journalist who witnessed the crisis firsthand. In a country ripped apart by war, Tareq lives with his big and loving family . . . until the bombs strike. His city is in ruins. His life is destroyed. And those... |
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Mariam Sharma Hits the Road
SHEBA KARIM - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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Three Pakistani-American teenagers, on a trip through the land of pork ribs, mechanical bulls, and Confederate flags. It's going to be quite an adventure.The summer after her freshman year of college, Mariam is looking forward to working and hanging out with her best friends: irrepressible... |
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Hollow Fires
Samira Ahmed - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful, gripping YA novel about theinsidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthing hidden truths, and the undeniable power of hope, byNew York Timesbestselling author Samira Ahmed. Perfect for fans ofSadieand Dear Martin.Safiya Mirzadreams of becoming a journalist. And one thing... |
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