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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
The elegant and compelling novel about a Pakistani man's abandonment of his high-flying life in New York—an extraordinary portrait of a divided and yet ultimately indivisible world in America post-9/11.
At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. He begins...
SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
The elegant and compelling novel about a Pakistani man's abandonment of his high-flying life in New York—an extraordinary portrait of a divided and yet ultimately indivisible world in America post-9/11.
At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. He begins...
Author
Series
Amina's voice volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
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"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On a rainy day at recess, second grader Ali Tahir teaches his classmates to make and fly paper airplanes, but when they have a contest to see whose plane can fly farthest, Ali is disappointed by the results of his throw. Includes instructions of making paper airplanes.
5) Meet Yasmin!
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this compilation of four separately published books, Pakistani American second grader Yasmin learns to cope with the small problems of school and home, while gaining confidence in her own skills and creative abilities.
Author
Series
Marya Khan volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Marya loves fall. Every year, her family goes to the town's fall festival and picks out the best pumpkin. But this year, after she sees her frenemy Alexa winning a big, cool pumpkin-shaped trophy, Marya knows she's got to win a trophy for something. It just so happens that her school is going to hold its own fall festival, with games and food and even a hayride. All the ticket sales will go to an animal shelter, and the person who sells the most...
8) Golden girl
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When her father is accused of a crime he didn't commit, seventh grader Aafiyah, a Pakastani American girl who has a habit of "borrowing" glittery things, decides to use her bad habit to reunite her family.
Author
Series
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Zara is less than thrilled to be spending spring break with her brother and grandparents, but she is determined to have fun and show her retired grandfather how to start living his best life.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
As their makerspace project the students in Yasmin's second grade class are building a city: there are houses, a school, a church, even a castle, but Yasmin is not sure what to build--until inspiration strikes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Ms. Alex is called away from the classroom, she leaves Yasmin in charge, but the other children just ignore her and start acting silly and noisy--until Yasmin thinks up a way to motivate them to finish the math assignment, quietly.
13) All my rage
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper, California, they understand each other the way no one else...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Yasmin is not sure she is cut out to be an astronaut, but a class trip to the space museum, and a tour of the mission control exhibit gives her another idea about how she could still be involved in the space program.
Author
Language
English
Description
""My entire life I have been less fat and more fat, but never not fat." According to family lore, when Rabia Chaudry's family returned to Pakistan for their first visit since moving to the United States, two-year-old Rabia was more than just a pudgy toddler. Dada Abu, her fit and sprightly grandfather, attempted to pick her up but had to put her straight back down, demanding of Chaudry's mother: "What have you done to her?" The answer was two full...
16) Call me Adnan
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Adnan dreams of making it to the Ultimate Table Tennis championship, but when tragedy strikes his family, Adnan loses his passion for table tennis and must learn to channel his grief and heal.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It is library day and helper Yasmin is busy shelving books, but suddenly she discovers that her own special book is missing prompting her to calmly retrace her steps.
18) Amina's song
Author
Series
Amina's voice volume 2
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Feeling pulled between two cultures after a month with family in Pakistan, Amina shares her experiences with Wisconsin classmates through a class assignment and a songwriting project with new student Nico.--
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After carefully planning a visit with Aly and Emma, Yasmin is disappointed to see that they want to play on their own, but a creative compromise may make everyone happy.
20) Yasmin the vet
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a \apstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Yasmin discovers an injured cat she immediately slips into the role of vet to care for the animal with the assistance of her grandmother, while her grandfather tries to contact the owner.
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