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• Arab Arab All Year Long!

  Camper, Cathy,

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  Accompanied by lively illustrations, this book celebrates the beauty and diversity of Arab life and childhood enthusiasm throughout the entire year as busy kids take part in traditions old and new.

• The Great Banned-books Bake Sale

  Khalil, Aya,

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  Drawing on the author's own experiences of book censorship, this story focuses on the importance of community and understanding. Upon learning that the books with kids who look like her have been banned by her school district, Kanzi descends into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Egyptian Lullaby

  Pliska, Zeena M.,

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  In this love letter to Cairo, Egypt, a young child is sung a lullaby by her great-aunt who paints a vivid portrait of the ancient city as the child drifts off to sleep.

• Halal Hot Dogs

  Aziz, Susannah,

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  Every Friday Musa's family takes turns picking out a Jummah treat—which they use to try all kinds of different foods—but when it is Musa's turn, he sticks to his favorite halal hot dogs to share.

• Mama in Congress

  Rashida Tlaib's Journey to Washington

  Tlaib, Rashida, 1976-

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  When Yousif Tlaib asks about his mom's new job in Congress, his older brother, Adam, fills him in—with some help from Rashida Tlaib herself. As he tells his mom's story, Adam reveals information about how elections and our government work, what it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Salma the Syrian Chef

  Ramadan, Ahmad Danny,

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  Newcomer Salma and friends cook up a heartwarming dish to cheer up Mama. All Salma wants is to make her mama smile again. Between English classes, job interviews, and missing Papa back in Syria, Mama always seems busy or sad. A homemade Syrian meal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ten Ways to Hear Snow

  Camper, Cathy,

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  Walking to her grandmother's home to help make warak enab, Lina discovers many ways to hear snow, from the scrape of a shovel on a sidewalk to the quiet pats of snowman-building.

• Farah Rocks Fifth Grade

  Darraj, Susan Muaddi,

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  Farah and her best friend, Allie Liu, are excited to turn in their applications to the Magnet Academy, where they both hope to attend sixth grade. But when new girl Dana Denver shows up, Farah's world is turned upside down. As Dana starts bullying…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 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.

• Other Words for Home

  Warga, Jasmine,

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  Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian community is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the beloved family members who were left behind and forges a new sense of identity shaped by friends and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria

  Jreije, George,

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  12-year-old Shad Hadid is an aspiring baker whose life is uprooted when he discovers he’s descended from a long line of alchemists and sent to the mysterious Alexandria Academy. Only, his arrival at the school awakens a nefarious force long lurking…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Shape of Thunder

  Warga, Jasmine,

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  Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Silverworld

  Abu-Jaber, Diana,

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  Desperate to help her ailing grandmother, Sami consults Sitti's spell book and falls into the magical Silverworld, where she must try to save the enchanted city and, perhaps, Sitti too.

• The Turtle of Michigan

  a Novel

  Nye, Naomi Shihab,

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  Aref is excited for his journey to reunite with his father in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Aref makes a friend on an airplane, wonders what Michigan will be like, and starts school in the United States. While he does miss his grandfather, his Sidi, Aref…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wishing Upon the Same Stars

  Feldman, Jacquetta Nammar,

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  When 12-year-old Yasmeen Khoury moves with her family to San Antonio, all she wants to do is fit in. But her classmates in Texas are nothing like her friends in the predominantly Arab neighborhood back in Detroit where she grew up. Almost…Read moreRead more of this annotation