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• Huda F Wants to Know?

  Fahmy, Huda,

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  In the hilarious and poignant graphic novel follow-up to National Book Award Finalist Huda F Cares?, Huda's life and worldview is turned upside down when her parents announce they're divorcing.

• It Won't Always Be Like This

  a Graphic Memoir

  Gharib, Malaka,

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  An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father’s new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country.

• The Wishless Ones

  Faizal, Hafsah,

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  Jafar longs to protect his soft-hearted younger brother, Rohan, and wants to apprentice at Maghriz’s House of Wisdom, but Maghriz holds danger and intrigue as the brothers contend with their darkest impulses, in an origin story of Jafar…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Summer Queen

  Hassan, Rochelle,

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  When the Summer Court, a nomadic community of Fair Folk, arrives to take back something that belongs to them, Leo makes a risky deal with their princess and regent that sends Coven Blackthorn deep into Elphame to complete a dangerous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bright Red Fruit

  Elhillo, Safia,

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  An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the dangerous new relationship that could threaten all her dreams.

• Hope Ablaze

  a Novel

  Rana, Sarah Mughal,

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  When a scathing poem she writes about a politician who had her illegally frisked at a political rally goes viral, Nida, the niece of a famous Muslim poet, struggles to balance the expectations of her family, her Muslim community and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Tempest of Tea

  Faizal, Hafsah,

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  When her prestigious tearoom is threatened, criminal mastermind and collector of secrets Arthie Casimir must make a devil’s bargain with an adversary to infiltrate the dark and glittering vampire society of Athereum to pull off a heist…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Djinn's Apple

  Morani, Djamila,

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  Historical fiction meets crime fiction in The Djinn's Apple, an award-winning YA murder mystery set in the Abbasid period—the golden age of Baghdad.

• Huda F Cares?

  Fahmy, Huda,

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  In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Disney World, but self-conscious Huda worries her family will stand out too much.

• Serpent Sea

  Ibrahim, Maiya,

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  Immani uses her magic to navigate the sea serpent, and her heart, to save her people from an invasion after the enchantment that previously protected them has been shattered, in a romantic fantasy set in an Arabian-inspired land.

• This Is All Your Fault

  Safi, Aminah Mae,

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  Set over the course of one day, Aminah Mae Safi's This Is All Your Fault is a smart and voice-driven YA novel that follows three young women determined to save their indie bookstore.

• Huda F Are You

  Fahmy, Huda,

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  From the creator of Yes, I'm Hot In This, this cheeky, hilarious, and honest graphic novel asks the question everyone has to figure out for themselves: Who are you?

• My Heart and Other Black Holes

  Warga, Jasmine,

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  Overwhelmed by her father's violent crime and the rejection of her mother and peers, 16-year-old physics student Aysel forges a suicide pact with an equally haunted Roman, with whom she falls unexpectedly in love.

• From Here

  a Memoir

  Mufleh, Luma,

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  Refugee advocate Luma Mufleh writes of her tumultuous journey to reconcile her identity as a gay Muslim woman and a proud Arab-turned-American refugee.

• Something More

  Khalilieh, Jackie,

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  Trying to hide her autism diagnosis, 15-year-old Palestinian-Canadian girl Jessie creates a list of goals to help navigate her first year of high school but is forced to go off script when two very different boys steal her heart.

• Spice Road

  Ibrahim, Maiya,

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  When she learns that her brother is spreading the nation’s secret spice magic to outsiders, 16-year-old Shield warrior Imani sets out on a dangerous mission to find him, discovering secrets that lie beyond the Forbidden Wastes — and in her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Buried and the Bound

  Hassan, Rochelle,

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  17-year-old Aziza El-Amin, the only hedgewitch in Blackthorn, Massachusetts, teams up with a cursed boy looking for answers and a young necromancer in order to eradicate a new threat in the woods and take back her hometown.

• The Next New Syrian Girl

  Shukairy, Ream,

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  The unlikely friendship between Syrian American boxer Khadija and Syrian refugee Leene reveals the pressures and expectations of the perfect Syrian daughter and the repercussions of the Syrian Revolution both at home and abroad.

• Ida in the Middle

  Murad, Nora Lester,

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  Ida, a Palestinian-American girl, eats a magic olive that takes her to the life she might have had in her parents' village near Jerusalem.

• As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

  Katouh, Zoulfa,

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  18-year-old Salama Kassab, a pharmacy student volunteering at the hospital in Homs, is desperate to find passage on a refugee boat for herself and her pregnant best friend, but first, she must learn to see the events around her for what…Read moreRead more of this annotation