List: Growing Up Muslim (Grades 4-6)
Ms. Marvel's Fists of Fury
Fearsome feathered fiends! Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, is in over her head. Juggling the life of a super hero and the life of a normal girl is a full-time job. So when an infestation of mischievous bird creatures comes to town, Kamala ends up bombing a huge test because she is forced to defend Jersey City. But with the help of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, Ms. Marvel will uncover the creepy truth behind an army of annoying feathered foes and rediscover her inner warrior.
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The Night Diary
Also available as an audiobook, Playaway, and an ebook on Overdrive. Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.
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Amina's Voice
Also available as an audiobook and an ebook on Overdrive and RBdigital. A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school. After her local mosque if vandalized, she is devastated. Her friend Soojin is talking about changing her name. Does Amina need to become more "American" and hide who she really is?
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More to the Story
Also available as an audiobook. As features editor of her school newspaper, thirteen-year-old Jameela Pervaiz wants to impress her father by writing a spectacular story about the new student, but a misunderstanding and family illness complicate matters.
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A Long Pitch Home
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?
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Accidental Trouble Magnet
"Imaginative Omar goes through the ups and downs of starting a new school and making new friends with the help of his wonderful (and silly) Muslim family"
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The Gauntlet
When twelve-year-old Farah and her two best friends get sucked into a mechanical board game called The Gauntlet of Blood and Sand, a puzzle game akin to a large Rubik's cube, they know it is up to them to defeat the game's diabolical architect in order to save themselves and those who are trapped inside, including her baby brother Ahmed.
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Amal Unbound
Also available as an audiobook and ebook on Overdrive. In Pakistan, Amal holds on to her dream of being a teacher even after becoming an indentured servant to pay off her family's debt to the wealthy and corrupt Khan family.
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The Garden of my Imaan
The arrival of new student Marwa, a fellow sixth-grader who is a strict Muslim, helps Aliya come to terms with her own lukewarm practice of the faith and her embarrassment over others' reactions to their beliefs.
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