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The Lines We Cross – Randa Abdel-Fattah
* “This book could not be more necessary. Deserving of wide readership and discussion.” — Booklist, starred review
* “A meditation on a timely subject that never forgets to put its characters and their stories first.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Abdel-Fattah (Where the Streets Had a Name) delivers an engaging romance within a compelling exploration of the sharply opposing beliefs that tear people apart, and how those beliefs can be transformed through human relationships.” — Publishers Weekly
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Sea Prayer By Khaled Hosseini
Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that city’s swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone.
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Goodword Islamic Studies Textbook for Class 2
This course has been designed to present the young students’ comprehensive Islamic education, comprising general Islamic knowledge based on the Quran and Hadith. Instead of teaching moral principles directly, they are taught through themes chosen from the Quran and other Islamic sources.
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Growing Up bin Laden: Osama’s Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World
“I was not always the wife of Osama bin Laden. Once I was an innocent child dreaming little girl dreams…”
Thus begins this powerful story as Najwa bin Laden, who married her cousin Osama bin Laden at the age of 15 to become his first wife and the mother to eleven of his children, and her son, Omar bin Laden, the fourth-born son of Osama bin Laden. Together, mother and son tell an extraordinarily powerful story of a man hated by so many, yet both loved and feared by his family, with spine-tingling details about the life and times of the man they knew as a husband and father.
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Yo Soy Muslim: A Father’s Letter to His Daughter
From Muslim and Latino poet Mark Gonzales comes a touching and lyrical picture book about a parent who encourages their child to find joy and pride in all aspects of their multicultural identity.
Dear little one,
…know you are wondrous.
A child of crescent moons,
a builder of mosques,
a descendant of brilliance,
an ancestor in training.Written as a letter from a father to his daughter, Yo Soy Muslim is a celebration of social harmony and multicultural identities. The vivid and elegant verse, accompanied by magical and vibrant illustrations, highlights the diversity of the Muslim community as well as Indigenous identity. A literary journey of discovery and wonder, Yo Soy Muslim is sure to inspire adults and children alike.
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Habibi
The day after Liyana got her first real kiss, her life changed forever. Not because of the kiss, but because it was the day her father announced that the family was moving from St. Louis all the way to Palestine. Though her father grew up there, Liyana knows very little about her family’s Arab heritage.
Her grandmother and the rest of her relatives who live in the West Bank are strangers, and speak a language she can’t understand. It isn’t until she meets Omer that her homesickness fades. But Omer is Jewish, and their friendship is silently forbidden in this land. How can they make their families understand? And how can Liyana ever learn to call this place home?
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Big Nate Super Scribbler (Big Nate Activity Book)
Scribble for hours with Big Nate Super Scribbler, the awesome fifth Big Nate activity book! Chock-full of mazes, crossword puzzles, comics, quizzes, and sudokus, the newest instalment in the New York Times bestselling series gives kids the chance to have even more fun with Big Nate.
Hang out with Dee Dee, Teddy, Gina, and the whole gang while solving the latest Big Nate mysteries and cracking codes right alongside your favourite characters. With more than 150 new games, this will provide hours of entertainment!
Big Nate Super Scribbler is a fantastic addition to the growing collection of Big Nate novels, comic compilations, and activity books from creator Lincoln Peirce.
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What Have You Lost? By Naomi Shihab Nye
What have you lost? A friend? A brother? A wallet? A memory? A meaning? A year?
Each Night
Images,
dream news,
fragments,
flash
then fade.
These darkened walls.Here, I say.
Climb into
this story.
Be remembered!Jay Bremyer
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Famous Fails!: Mighty Mistakes, Mega Mishaps, & How a Mess Can Lead to Success!
This fun book of quirky failures and famous flops will keep kids laughing while they learn the importance of messing up in order to get it right. Science, architecture, technology, entertainment — there are epic fails and hilarious goof-ups from every important field. Silly side features help to analyze the failures: “Lesson Learned,” “It Could be Worse!,” “Losing Combinations,” and a “Fail Scale” help readers navigate the different kinds and scopes of the mistakes made. Read to learn what went wrong, what went right, and what kids can learn from each failed attempt.
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Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age Story
This is the extraordinary account of Amani’s journey through adolescence as a Muslim girl, from the Islamophobia she’s faced on a daily basis, to the website she launched that became a cultural phenomenon, to the nation’s political climate in the 2016 election cycle with Donald Trump as the Republican nominee. While dispelling the myth that a headscarf makes you a walking target for terrorism, she shares both her own personal accounts and anecdotes from the “sisterhood” of writers that serve as her editorial team at MuslimGirl. Amani’s honest, urgent message is fresh, timely, and a deeply necessary counterpoint to the current rhetoric about the Middle East.
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Daughter of Iraq By Jean Sasson
Mayada, is a member of one of the most distinguished and honored families in Iraq, Mayada grew up surrounded by wealth and royalty. But when Saddam Hussein’s regime took power, she was thrown into cell 52 in the infamous Baladiyat prison with seventeen other nameless, faceless women from all walks of life.