Aisha Saeed
1) Amal unbound
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
"Twelve-year-old Amal's dream of becoming a teacher one day is dashed in an instant when she accidentally insults a member of her Pakistani village's ruling family. As punishment for her behavior, she is forced to leave her heartbroken family behind and go work at their estate. Amal is distraught but has faced setbacks before. So she summons her courage and begins navigating the complex rules of life as a servant, with all its attendant jealousies...
2) Omar rising
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Omar must contend with being treated like a second-class citizen when he gets a scholarship to an elite boarding school"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A wonderfully complex love story unlike any you’ve read before. Saeed has given a novel that is both entertaining and important.”—Matt de la Peña, New York Times bestselling author
This heart-wrenching novel explores what it is like to be thrust into an unwanted marriage. Has Naila’s fate been written in the stars? Or can she still make her own destiny?
Naila’s conservative immigrant...
This heart-wrenching novel explores what it is like to be thrust into an unwanted marriage. Has Naila’s fate been written in the stars? Or can she still make her own destiny?
Naila’s conservative immigrant...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Warrior. Princess. Hero. Diana's destiny is to be the world's greatest female super hero... if she can survive this action-packed adventure!
Young Princess Diana is fierce and whip-smart, and she loves her island home of Themyscira. Her deepest wish is to be able to train with the rest of the Amazons and protect her homeland—but she's told it's out of the question. This is the year Diana hopes to persuade her mother, Queen Hippolyta,...
Young Princess Diana is fierce and whip-smart, and she loves her island home of Themyscira. Her deepest wish is to be able to train with the rest of the Amazons and protect her homeland—but she's told it's out of the question. This is the year Diana hopes to persuade her mother, Queen Hippolyta,...
6) Grounded
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Four kids meet at an airport for one unforgettable night in this middle-grade novel by four bestselling and award-winning authors
When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he'd rather be writing a poem that's good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper. Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the airport-and also on...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Jamie Goldberg, who chokes when speaking to strangers, and Maya Rehrman, who is having the worst Ramadan ever, are paired to knock on doors and ask for votes for the local state senate candidate.
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
A joyous short story collection by and about Muslims, edited by New York Times bestselling author Aisha Saeed and Morris finalist S. K. Ali
Once Upon an Eid is a collection of short stories that showcases the most brilliant Muslim voices writing today, all about the most joyful holiday of the year: Eid! Eid: The short, single-syllable word conjures up a variety of feelings and memories for Muslims. Maybe it's...
Once Upon an Eid is a collection of short stories that showcases the most brilliant Muslim voices writing today, all about the most joyful holiday of the year: Eid! Eid: The short, single-syllable word conjures up a variety of feelings and memories for Muslims. Maybe it's...