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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
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In 1998, when the Kosovo hostilities escalate, Meli's life as an ethnic Albanian changes forever after her brother escapes his Serbian captors and their family flees from one refugee camp to another until they can get to America.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
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Description
Eleven-year-old Malaak and her family are touched by the violence in Gaza between Jews and Palestinians when first her father disappears and then her older brother is drawn to the Islamic Jihad.
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Lexile measure
HL 610L
Language
English
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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.
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Series
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English
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"Ramadan is almost here! It's Zain's favorite time of the year. Well, it usually is. After a recent move, will Zain find a new Muslim friend to celebrate with him? Learn about holidays and festivals around the world with the Holidays in our home series" --
10) Red shoes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Malika loves her new red shoes and wears them everywhere, but eventually she outgrows them, and her grandmother takes them to a second-hand shop--where they will become a special present for Amina (who fasted half the month of Ramadan) in Africa, who will enjoy her special red shoes every bit as much as Malika did.
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Series
Sadiq volume 15
Language
English
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In order to earn enough money to buy a birthday gift for his mother Sadiq, his siblings, and his friends start a cookie delivery business, but baking and delivering cookies proves to be more complicated (and messy) than they expected.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Bilal's family suddenly moves to America, his father stays in Pakistan, and Bilal embraces baseball, an unexpected friend, and a new language. But this new way of life does not feel so special without Baba--will he ever get to America to see Bilal pitch a game?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
With breathtaking illustrations and informative text, Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns magnificently captures the world of Islam, celebrating its beauty and traditions for even the youngest readers. Sure to inspire questions and observations about world religions and cultures, this entrancing volume is equally at home in the classroom as it is being read to a child on a parent's lap.
15) A feast of fun
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
450L
Language
English
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Description
Khadija is missing her family who are in Pakistan, but when Aunt Jane announces that she is marrying her long time boyfriend, Clyde, Khadija assumes the role of wedding planner--but counselor Layla is behaving strangely and Khadija is convinced that she is planning to sabotage the wedding.
16) Golden girl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When her father is accused of a crime he didn't commit, seventh grader Aafiyah, a Pakastani American girl who has a habit of "borrowing" glittery things, decides to use her bad habit to reunite her family.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"When a thunderstom grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he'd rather be writing a poem that's good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper. Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the airport--and also on avoiding a conversation with her dad about him possibly remarrying. Sami is struggling with his anxiety and worried that he'll miss...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country's same anger and grief is all focused on his Muslim community."--
19) Barakah Beats
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
"It's Nimra Sharif's first time going to public school. Nimra's nervous, but as long as she has her best friend, Jenna, by her side, she figures she can take on just about anything. Unfortunately, middle school is hard. The teachers are mean, the schedule is confusing, and Jenna starts giving hijab-wearing Nimra the cold shoulder around the other kids. Desperate to fit in and save her friendship with Jenna, Nimra accepts an unlikely invitation to...
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