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Author
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Iranian-American Kamran Smith learns that his big brother, Darius, has been labeled a terrorist, he sets out to piece together the codes and clues that will save his brother's life and his country from a deadly terrorist attack.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Colonel Behrani is a once-wealthy Iranian immigrant who struggles for dignity while working low-wage jobs in America. Kathy Nicolo is a troubled young house cleaner striving to put her life in order. When Kathy's house is mistakenly put up for public auction--and Behrani risks the last of his family fortune to buy it--the two become enmeshed in a desperate conflict.
5) The Tryout
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
As one of the only Asian Americans in her school, Christina confronts both well-meaning ignorance and cruel racism, but in middle school fitting in is important, which is why she and her best friend Megan are both excited and nervous to try out for the popular cheerleading squad.
6) Wave
Author
Publisher
ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her best friend's cancer returns in the summer of 1987, none of her usual pursuits--surfing, singing, or reading poetry--can keep thirteen-year-old Ava afloat.