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• From Here

  a Memoir

  Mufleh, Luma

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  Refugee advocate Luma Mufleh writes of her tumultuous journey to reconcile her identity as a gay Muslim woman and a proud Arab-turned-American refugee, Also available as an eBook.

• All My Rage

  Tahir, Sabaa

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  A family extending from Pakistan to California, deals with generations of young love, old regrets, and forgiveness. Also available as an eAudiobook.

• Huda F Are You?

  Fahmy, Huda

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  Huda and her family just moved to Dearborn, Michigan, a small town with a big Muslim population. In her old town, Huda knew exactly who she was: She was the hijabi girl. But in Dearborn, everyone is the hijabi girl. Huda is lost in a sea of hijabis,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Hope You Get This Message

  Rishi, Farah Naz,

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  News stations across the country are reporting mysterious messages that Earth has been receiving from a planet--Alma--claiming to be its creator. If they're being interpreted correctly, in seven days Alma will hit the kill switch on their "colony"…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Here to Stay

  Farizan, Sara

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  "I had it in my head that if I became popular, every day would feel like my birthday. I'd have no trouble talking to girls. I'd be admired by my peers. I did not think everything would turn to crap salad in a bucket. In all the movies, the popular…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Buried and the Bound

  Hassan, Rochelle

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  Seventeen-year-old Aziza El-Amin, the only hedgewitch in Blackthorn, Massachusetts, teams up with a cursed boy looking for answers and a young necromancer in order to eradicate a new threat in the woods and take back her hometown. Also available as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Six Truths and a Lie

  Shukairy, Ream,

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  Told in their separate voices, six Muslim teens are falsely accused of an alleged attack on a Los Angeles beach and must trust, or turn their backs on, each other to prove their innocence.

• You Started It

  Khalilieh, Jackie,

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  Seventeen-year-old Jamie Taher-Foster has big plans for senior year. She's made a list of things and places in Toronto she and her boyfriend of three years, Ben Cameron, need to check off before graduating. And the biggest plan of all: a very…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Hunt the Flame

  Faizal, Hafsah

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  Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. Nasir is the Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish enough to defy his autocratic father, the king. Both are legends in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Truly Assumed

  Sabreen, Laila,

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  In Virginia, Sabriya has her whole summer planned-- until a terrorist attack near her home. When the terrorist is assumed to be Muslim and Islamophobia grows, Sabriya turns to her online journal for comfort. When the blog goes viral, fellow Muslim…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mirage

  Daud, Somaiya,

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  In a world dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation; she dreams of writing poetry; she dreams of having adventures, and travelling beyond her isolated home.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How It All Blew Up

  Ahmadi, Arvin,

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  Fleeing to Rome in the wake of coming out to his Muslim-American family, a failed relationship, and blackmail, eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi embarks on a more authentic life with new friends. Late nights and dates in the Sistine Chapel start to feel…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thief of the Heights

  Son M.,

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  Enter the world of Muqadas, where the climb to the top of this vertically stacked city—away from disease-ridden waters of the lower levels—is paved with betrayal, secrets, and rebellion.

• Love From A to Z

  Ali, S. K.

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  Eighteen-year-old Muslims Adam and Zayneb meet in Doha, Qatar, during spring break and fall in love as both struggle to find a way to live their own truths.

• My Heart and Other Black Holes

  Warga, Jasmine

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  Seventeen-year-old Aysel's hobby--planning her own death--take a new path when she meets a boy who has similar plan of his own. Also available as an eBook and eAudiobook.

• I Was Born for This

  Oseman, Alice

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  The Ark, a boy band, is the center of life for super-fan Fereshteh (A.K.A Angel) Rahimi, transgender front man Jimmy Kaga-Ricci, and friend and bandmate Rowan, but their relationships become complicated when Jimmy and Angel are unexpectedly thrust…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Balcony on the Moon

  Coming of Age in Palestine

  Barakat, Ibtisam

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  Balcony on the Moon follows Ibtisam Barakat through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972-1981 and chronicles her desire to be a writer. Also available via eBook on Hoopla.

• The Loophole

  Kutub, Naz

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  Sy, a seventeen-year-old gay Muslim boy, travels the world for a second chance at love after a possibly magical heiress grants him three wishes.

• Four Eids and a Funeral

  Àbíké-Íyímídé, Faridah,

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  The death of a beloved mentor, and the need to save and rebuild their fire-damaged Islamic Center, bring former best friends Said and Tiwa back together, rekindling their romantic relationship.

• Ms. Marvel. Vol. 1, No Normal

  Wilson, G. Willow, 1982-

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  Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City -- until she's suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm! When Kamala discovers…Read moreRead more of this annotation