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Author
Series
Daughters of the lamp volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sahara prefers logic and science over magic, but when she travels to Cairo for a family wedding, her resistance to magic fades when she discovers that she is next in a line of women tasked with guarding Ali Baba's treasure.
Author
Series
Magical reality of Nadia volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From Bassem Youssef, a.k.a. The Jon Stewart of the Arab World, comes a hilarious and heartfelt story about prejudice, friendship, empathy, and courage. Nadia loves fun facts. Here are a few about her: - She collects bobbleheads -- she has 77 so far. - She moved from Egypt to America when she was six years old. - The hippo amulet she wears is ancient...as in it's literally from ancient Egypt. - She's going to win the contest to design a new exhibit...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The first and only book to ever be written by a member of America's most secret military unit--an explosive and unlikely story of immigration, service, and sacrifice. Inside our military is a team of operators whose work is so secretive that the name of the unit itself is classified. Highly-trained in warfare, self-defense, infiltration, and deep surveillance, "the Unit," as the Department of Defense has asked us to refer to it, has been responsible...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Peter Blauner's epic Picture in the Sand is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather's passionate letters to his grandson, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson's life in a post-9/11 world. When Alex Hassan gets accepted to an Ivy League university, his middle-class Egyptian-American family is filled with pride and excitement. But that joy turns to shock when they discover...
Author
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mariam, a troubled teenaged Egyptian-American, is sent to live with her grandmother in Cairo where she meets a girl named Asmaa who calls the people of Egypt to protest against their president, and Mariam finds herself in the middle of a revolution and falling in love for the first time.
Author
Series
Magical reality of Nadia volume 02
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
"Nadia loves fun facts. Here are a few about her. There was a magical--and hilarious--ancient Egyptian teacher named Titi trapped in her hippo amulet until she freed him last fall. Her school is choosing a new mascot and her idea is totally going to win. She's going to kick butt writing for the school newspaper this term--maybe. A couple of weeks in, the newspaper is a big mess. The mascot contest is mayhem, too...Then Nadia and Titi discover that...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Malaka's upbringing will look familiar to anyone who grew up in the pre-internet era, but her particular story is a heartfelt tribute to the American immigrants who have invested their future in the promise of the American dream.
The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigates her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture...
9) Terrorist
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Ahmad, threatened by the hedonistic society around him, gets involved in a plot, with reverberations that rouse the Department of Homeland Security.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Three Arab-American girls learn about their family and cultural history from their grandmother, who grew up in Cairo, Egypt, and moved to New Jersey after her marriage. Includes directions for making Egyptian paper boats.
Author
Series
Tommy Bomani teen warrior volume 03
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Although an ancient prophecy foretells his death, twelve-year-old Tommy Bomani, who inherited his powerful strength and shape-shifting ability from an Egyptian god, prepares to battle the evil wizard Badru, with help the Protectorate, a small group of adults in Tommy's community.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The affluent Al-Menshawy family find their American dream shattered when a devastating turn of events leaves their eldest son and their neighbor's daughter dead, and, becoming pariahs in their upscale New Jersey community, they struggle to keep their family together.
14) Shape-shifter
Author
Series
Tommy Bomani teen warrior volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
After discovering that he has inherited the ability to transform into a cat, sixth-grader Tommy Bomani learns about his Egyptian warrior bloodline.
Author
Series
Tommy Bomani teen warrior volume 01
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
After discovering that he has inherited the ability to transform into a cat, sixth-grader Tommy Bomani learns about his Egyptian warrior bloodline.
16) Land of legend
Author
Series
Tommy Bomani teen warrior volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Tired of warrior training, overconfident Tommy Bomani uses his newly acquired shape-shifting power to battle Marcellus Fish, evil wizard Badru's henchman.
Author
Series
Tommy Bomani teen warrior volume 02
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Tired of warrior training, overconfident Tommy Bomani uses his newly acquired shape-shifting power to battle Marcellus Fisk, evil wizard Badru's henchman.
Author
Series
Daughters of the lamp volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sahara prefers logic and science over magic, but when she travels to Cairo for a family wedding, her resistance to magic fades when she discovers that she is next in a line of women tasked with guarding Ali Baba's treasure.
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