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Kirkus Reviews: The Best Non-Fiction Books of 2020
New Books for the Pueblo Chieftain: October 20, 2020
New Books for the Pueblo Chieftain: October 20, 2020
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"An epic biography of Malcolm X finally emerges, drawing on hundreds of hours of the author's interviews, rewriting much of the known narrative. Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known Malcolm X-all living siblings of the Malcolm Little family, classmates, street friends, cellmates, Nation of Islam figures,...
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Planet Omar volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"Omar and his friends team up to raise money to save his family's favorite mosque, and when the money goes missing, they find the most unlikely culprit"--
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
vii, 148 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
Description
"In this biographical collection, with stunning portraits and illustrations by Saffa Khan, authors Saadia Faruqi and Aneesa Mumtaz highlight some of the talented Muslim physicians, musicians, athletes, poets, and more who helped make the world we know today"--
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English
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"A Palestinian American woman wrestles with faith, loss, and identity before coming face- to- face with a school shooter in this searing debut. A uniquely American story told in powerful, evocative prose, The Beauty of Your Face navigates a country growing ever more divided. Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of Nurrideen School for Girls, a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, a shooter- radicalized...
10) Barakah Beats
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Nimra Sharif has spent her whole life in Islamic school, but now it's time to go to "real school." Unfortunately...The teachers are mean, the schedule is confusing, and Jenna starts giving hijab-wearing Nimra the cold shoulder around the other kids. Desperate to fit in...Nimra accepts an unlikely invitation to join the school's popular 8th grade boy band, Barakah Beats. The only problem is...she knows her parents would be disappointed if they found...
11) Amina's voice
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community--
12) House rules
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Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xxiii, 373 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Enduring racism when her Pakistani family moves to Texas, 17-year-old Zara resolves to keep her head low while her family awaits green-card approval, before a bullying classmate vandalizes her home, leading to a crime that puts Zara's entire future at risk.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
"A family has fled their homeland in search of safety in another country, carrying a single suitcase. As their journey unfolds, the oldest child reflects on the special contents of that suitcase: photo albums that evoke eleven of many names for love in Arabic. From sunshine-warm friendship to the love that dissolves all tears; from the love that makes you swoon to the love that leaves you yearning for the heart's homeland--her family has experienced...
16) Abdul's story
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little boy who loves storytelling but struggles with writing learns that it's okay to make mistakes in this charming and encouraging book from the author of Mommy's Khimar. Abdul loves to tell stories. But writing them down is hard. His letters refuse to stay straight and face the right way. And despite all his attempts, his papers often wind up with more eraser smudges than actual words. Abdul decides his stories just aren't meant to be written...
19) Yes no maybe so
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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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.
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