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Magic Has No Borders
Samira Ahmed - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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SamiraAhmedis theNew York Timesbestselling and award winning author of the young adult novelsLove, Hate, & Other Filters,Internment, Mad, Bad, & Dangerous to Know and Hollow Fires.She is also the author of the middle grade fantasy duologyAmira & Hamzaand theMs. Marvel: Beyond theLimitcomic... |
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Only This Beautiful Moment
Abdi Nazemian - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover
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From the Stonewall Honor-winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three generations of boys in the same Iranian family. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and Darius the Great Is Not Okay. 2019. Moud is an out gay teen living in Los Angeles with his distant... |
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Kismat Connection
Ananya Devarajan - Inkyard Press
Format: Hardcover
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"A warm, feel good read." - Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. "A gorgeous debut." - Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners . In this charming YA debut, a girl who's determined to prove her star... |
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Meet Me in Mumbai
Sabina Khan - PUSH
Format: Hardcover
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Two generations, eighteen years apartAyesha is a world away from home when she meets the boy of her dreams. Like her, Suresh is from India but going to high school in Illinois. Once they get together, they are inseparable... until a twist of fate takes Suresh back to India right when Ayesha... |
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Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions
Navdeep Singh Dhillon - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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Sunny G's brother left him one thing when he died: His notebook, which Sunny is determined to fill up with a series of rash decisions. Decision number one was a big one: He stopped wearing his turban, cut off his hair, and shaved his beard. He doesn't look like a Sikh anymore.... |
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Salaam, with Love
Sara Sharaf Beg
Format: Paperback
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This heartfelt and humorous YA contemporary follows Dua, who spends the month of Ramadan making unexpected discoveries about family, faith, and first love. "Beg beautifully crafts a comforting tale filled with fun characters and excellent Muslim representation."--Aamna Qureshi,... |
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While You Were Dreaming
Alisha Rai - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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In this debut contemporary YA romance by bestselling author Alisha Rai, a girl with undocumented family members goes viral after saving her crush's life in disguise. A must read for fans of Sandhya Menon and Nicola Yoon. It's a classic story: girl meets boy, girl falls for boy,... |
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Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things
Maya Prasad - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
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Four sisters, four seasons, four flavors of romance.The Singh sisters grew up helping their father navigate the bustle of the Songbird Inn. Nestled on dreamy and drizzly Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest, the inn's always been warm and cozy and filled with interesting guests -- the perfect... |
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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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House of Yesterday
Deeba Zargarpur - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Taking inspiration from the author's own Afghan-Uzbek heritage, this contemporary YA debut is a breathtaking journey into the grief that lingers through generations of immigrant families, and what it means to confront the ghosts of your past.Struggling to deal with the pain of her parents'... |
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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 Ivory Key
Akshaya Raman - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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Magic, a prized resource, is the only thing between peace and war. When magic runs out, four estranged royal siblings must find a new source before their country is swallowed by invading forces. The first in an Indian-inspired duology.
Vira is desperate... |
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TJ Powar Has Something to Prove
JESMEEN KAUR DEO - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A charming rom-com about high school debater TJ Powar who - after becoming the subject of an ugly meme - makes a resolution to stop shaving, plucking, and waxing, and prove that she can be her hairy self and still be beautiful...but soon finds this may be her most difficult debate yet.... |
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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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Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions
Navdeep Singh Dhillon - Dial Books
Format: Book
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Sunny G's brother left him one thing when he died: His notebook, which Sunny is determined to fill up with a series of rash decisions. Decision number one was a big one: He stopped wearing his turban, cut off his hair, and shaved his beard. He doesn't look like a Sikh anymore.... |
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The Lines We Cross
Randa Abdel-Fattah - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Michael likes to hang out with his friends and play with the latest graphic design software. His parents drag him to rallies held by their anti-immigrant group, which rails against the tide of refugees flooding the country. And it all makes sense to Michael.Until Mina, a beautiful girl... |
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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 Knockout
Sajni Patel
Format: Hardcover
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"A rising star in Muay Thai figures out what (and who) is worth fighting for in this #ownvoices YA debut full of heart. If seventeen-year-old Kareena Thakkar is going to alienate herself from the entire Indian community, she might as well do it gloriously. She's landed the chance... |
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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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American Betiya
Anuradha D. Rajurkar - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Rani Kelkar has never lied to her parents, until she meets Oliver. The same qualities that draw her in--his tattoos, his charisma, his passion for art--make him her mother's worst nightmare.They begin dating in secret, but when Oliver's troubled home life unravels, he starts to ask more... |
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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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A Match Made in Mehendi
Nandini Bajpai - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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For fans of When Dimple Met Rishi comes a lighthearted novel about tradition, high school social hierarchy, matchmaking, and swiping right (or left!) .
Fifteen-year-old Simran "Simi" Sangha comes from a long line of Indian vichole -- matchmakers... |
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Radha & Jai's Recipe for Romance
Nisha Sharma - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Radha is on the verge of becoming one of the greatest kathak dancers in the world . . . until a family betrayal costs her the biggest competition of her life. Now she has left her Chicago home behind to follow her stage mom to New Jersey. At the Princeton Academy of the Arts, Radha is determined... |
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More Than Just a Pretty Face
Syed M. Masood - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han, a sweetly funny YA debut about falling in love, family expectations, and being a Renaissance Man.Danyal Jilani doesn't lack confidence. He may not be the smartest guy in the room, but he's funny, gorgeous, and going to make a great chef... |
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A girl like that
Tanaz Bhathena - Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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"Fascinating and disturbing. " - Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Small Great Things and Leaving Time A timeless exploration of high-stakes romance, self-discovery, and the lengths we go to love and be loved. Sixteen-year-old Zarin Wadia is many things:... |
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Rani Patel In Full Effect
Sonia Patel - Cinco Puntos Press
Format: Print book
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Almost seventeen, Rani Patel appears to be a kick-ass Indian girl breaking cultural norms as a hip-hop performer in full effect. But in truth, she's a nerdy flat-chested nobody who lives with her Gujarati immigrant parents on the remote Hawaiian island of Moloka'i, isolated from her high... |
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Pashmina
NIDHI CHANANI - First Second
Format: Paperback
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Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind? But Pri's mom avoids these questions -- the topic of India is permanently closed.For... |
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You Bring the Distant Near
MITALI PERKINS - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award for Young People's Literature Horn Book School Library Journal Publishers Weekly BOOKLIST Five girls. Three generations. One great American love story. You Bring the Distant Near explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship,... |
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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 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 Time to Dance
Padma Venkatraman - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Print book
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Padma Venkatraman's inspiring story of a young girl's struggle to regain her passion and find a new peace is told lyrically through verse that captures the beauty and mystery of India and the ancient bharatanatyam dance form. This is a stunning novel about spiritual awakening, the power... |
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Ms. Marvel 1: No Normal
G. Willow Wilson - Marvel Worldwide
Format: Print book
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Marvel Comics presents the all-new Ms. Marvel, the groundbreaking heroine that has become an international sensation! Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City - until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim?... |
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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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Sisters of the Snake
Sasha Nanua - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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A lost princess. A mysterious puppet master. And a race against time - before all is lost. Princess Rani longs for a chance to escape her gilded cage and prove herself. Ria is a street urchin, stealing just to keep herself alive. When these two lives collide, everything turns on its head:... |
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Symptoms of a Heartbreak
Sona Charaipotra - Imprint
Format: Hardcover
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"A tender YA romance set in the thick of the medical world." -- Entertainment WeeklyThe youngest doctor in America, an Indian-American teen makes her rounds -- and falls head over heels -- in the contemporary romantic comedy Symptoms of a Heartbreak. Fresh from... |
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10 Things I Hate about Pinky
Sandhya Menon - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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The delightful follow-up to When Dimple Met Rishi and Theres Something about Sweetie, which follows Ashishs friends Pinky and Samir as they pretend to date in order to achieve their individual goals, to disastrous and hilarious results.. Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge... |
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The Light at the Bottom of the World
London Shah - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
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"A work of fathomless imagination" --Samantha Shannon, New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Season and The Priory of the Orange Tree In the last days of the twenty-first century, sea creatures swim through the ruins of London. Trapped in the abyss,... |
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Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
Tanya Boteju - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover
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Judy Blume meets RuPaul's Drag Race in this funny, feel-good debut novel about a queer teen who navigates questions of identity and self-acceptance while discovering the magical world of drag.Perpetually awkward Nima Kumara-Clark is bored with her insular community of Bridgeton,... |
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The Tiger at Midnight
Swati Teerdhala - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover
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The first book in an epic heart-pounding fantasy trilogy inspired by ancient Indian history and Hindu mythology, perfect for fans of Sabaa Tahir and Rene Ahdieh. * A Book Riot Most Anticipated Novel of 2019 * B&N Top 50 Most Anticipated Novels *A broken bond. A dying land. A cat-and-mouse... |
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