Maleeha Siddiqui
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
For fans of The First Rule of Punk and Save Me a Seat, Barakah Beats is a sweet, powerful, and joyous celebration of novel about a muslim girl who finds her voice on her own terms...by joining her school's most popular boy band.
Twelve-year-old Nimra Sharif has spent her whole life in Islamic school, but now it's time to go to "real school."
Nimra's nervous, but as long as she has Jenna, her best friend who already goes to the public school,...
2) Bhai for Now
Author
Language
English
Description
Ashar is busy with the ice hockey team, studying to get into the best school, and hanging out with his friends.
Shaheer and his father are always moving, following his dad's jobs. Shaheer has given up hope of finding a place where he can put down roots, a place that feels like home.
The two boys have nothing in common.
But when they meet on Shaheer's first day at his new school, it's like looking in a mirror.
They quickly figure out that...
Author
Language
English
Description
When boys from her community start harassing her, Ainy needs to figure out how to get them to stop, while still staying true to herself.
“Dress Coded” meets “Amina's Voice” in this new middle grade audiobook by Maleeha Siddiqui.
Ainy is excited for summer! She plans on working at her mom's clothing boutique, having adventures with her best friend, and maybe even starting to wear the hijab-just like her big sister. But when certain boys from...
4) Bhai for now
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"When Ashar and Shaheer meet, they quickly discover they're twins and will stop at nothing to get to know the parent they've been separated from, learning along the way that they may not like each other, but they definitely need each other."--