Wanting Mor
Rukhsana Khan
A young Afghan refugee finds hope amid adversity.
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Many Windows
Rukhsana Khan
A collection of
celebration stories about kids from five different faiths.
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A New Life
Rukhsana Khan
A young Pakistani girl immigrates to Canada with her
family.
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Dahling, If You Luv Me, Would You Please, Please Smile
Rukhsana Khan
A young Muslim girl tries to fit in with the kids in
her Canadian classroom.
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Muslim Child
Rukhsana Khan
This collection of short stories and poems deals with
every major aspect of Islam from a child’s perspective.
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Does My Head Look Big in This?
Randa Abdel-Fattah
A humorous novel about an Australian Muslim girl who
starts wearing hijab.
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Ten Things I Hate About Me
Randa Abdel-Fattah
A novel about a
girl who hides her Muslim/Lebanese identity at school.
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Where the Streets Had a Name
Randa Abdel-Fattah
A novel about a thirteen year old girl living in
Palestine under Israeli occupation.
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Boy vs Girl
Na'ima Bint Robert
Set in England, a boy and his twin sister deal with peer
pressure.
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From Somalia with Love
Na'ima Bint Robert
A girlliving in London, come to terms with her cultural
heritage.
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The Bedouin’s Gazelle
Frances Temple
An amazing novel set in a Bedouin society in the year
1302.
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The Shepherd's Granddaughter
Anne Laurel Carter
An excellent look
at life under Israeli occupation.
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Bifocal
Deborah Ellis and Eric Walters
A look at the
political ramifications of the 'war on terror'.
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Habibi
Naomi Shihab Nye
A romantic novel about a young American girl who goes
with her family to Palestine.
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Ask Me No Questions
Marina Budhos
A Bangladeshi girl's family faces
problems as illegal immigrants in post-9/11 America
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A Beautiful Lie
Irfan Master
An Indian boy enlists the help of friends to hide news of
the Partition from his father.
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Hen in the Wardrobe
Wendy Meddour
A humorous story of a boy dealing with his sleepwalking,
homesick Algerian father.
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Guantanamo Boy
Anna
Perera
An English teen gets abducted by U.S. forces while on
vacation in his father's homeland, Pakistan.
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Parvana's Journey
Deborah Ellis
Parvana is a young Afghan girl separated from her
family during the American bombardment of Afghanistan.
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The Space Between Our Footsteps
Naomi Shihab Nye
A collection of
poems from Middle Eastern perspectives.
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Shooting Kabul
N. H. Senzai
A novel about a boy and his family leaving Afghanistan for
San Diego.
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Mud City
Deborah Ellis
A novel linked to Parvana’s Journey about the plight
of children in post-Taliban Afghanistan.
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Kiss the Dust
Elizabeth Laird
A historical novel about a young Kurdish girl’s
flight from Iraq under Saddam.
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A Little Piece of Ground
Elizabeth Laird
A heart-wrenching look at the Israeli occupation of
Palestine.
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Words in the Dust
Trent Reedy
A middle grade novel about a girl in Afghanistan with a
cleft palate who yearns to read.
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The Jinn in the Clock
J.J.L. Simpson
Features a framed story from the storyteller
Duwairig.
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The Memory of Hands
Reshma Baig
A poetic collection of short stories about Muslims in
America.
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Ahmad Deen and the Jinn at Shaolin
Yahiya Emerick
Ahmad Deen travels to China and finds a mystery.
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A Wicked Wazir
J.J.L. Simpson
Linked to the previous title, again Duwairig frames a
story of court intrigue.
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My Blue Country
O.R. Melling
A thoughtful
novel about an exchange visit to Malaysia.
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