Rana Joon and the One and Only Now

Submitted by fsalvagg on Thu, 2024-04-18 15:42

Set in 1996 southern California, high school senior Rana Joon wants to honor her deceased best friend by entering a rap contest and living authentically as a lesbian, but feels conflicted by her Iranian family's expectations.

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Rana Joon and the One and Only Now
Rana Joon and the One and Only Now

Shideh Etaat
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Etaat)


Set in 1996 southern California, high school senior Rana Joon wants to honor her deceased best friend by entering a rap contest and living authentically as a lesbian, but feels conflicted by her Iranian family's expectations.

 

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A Guide to the Dark

Submitted by fsalvagg on Wed, 2024-03-06 11:53

Stranded at the Wildwood Motel while on their spring break road trip, Mira and Layla discover eight people died in their room and set out to find the connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside Room 9.

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A Guide to the Dark
A Guide to the Dark

Meriam Metoui
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Metoui)


Stranded at the Wildwood Motel while on their spring break road trip, Mira and Layla discover eight people died in their room and set out to find the connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside Room 9.

 

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It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir

Submitted by fsalvagg on Wed, 2024-03-06 11:14

An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country.

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It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir
It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir

Malaka Gharib
(Graphic Novels - GN 741.5092 Gharib Gha)


An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country.
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The Next New Syrian Girl

Submitted by fsalvagg on Wed, 2024-03-06 11:14

An unlikely friendship between Syrian American boxer Khadija and Syrian refugee Leene reveals the pressures and expectations of the perfect Syrian daughter and the repercussions of the Syrian Revolution both at home and abroad.

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The Next New Syrian Girl
The Next New Syrian Girl

Ream Shukairy
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Shukair)


An unlikely friendship between Syrian American boxer Khadija and Syrian refugee Leene reveals the pressures and expectations of the perfect Syrian daughter and the repercussions of the Syrian Revolution both at home and abroad.

 

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Bright Red Fruit

Submitted by fsalvagg on Wed, 2024-03-06 11:07

Samira is determined to have a perfect summer filled with fun parties, exploring DC, and growing as a poet—until a scandalous rumor has her grounded and unable to leave her house. But soon she's keeping a bigger secret than ever before—one that that could prove her reputation and jeopardize her place in her community.

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Bright Red Fruit
Bright Red Fruit

Safia Elhillo
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Elhillo)


Samira is determined to have a perfect summer filled with fun parties, exploring DC, and growing as a poet—until a scandalous rumor has her grounded and unable to leave her house. But soon she's keeping a bigger secret than ever before—one that that could prove her reputation and jeopardize her place in her community.

 

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Something More

Submitted by fsalvagg on Wed, 2024-03-06 11:06

Jessie is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals. But she gets more than she bargained for when two very different boys steal her heart, forcing her to go off-script. 

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Something More
Something More

Jackie Khalilieh
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Khalili)


Jessie is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals. But she gets more than she bargained for when two very different boys steal her heart, forcing her to go off-script. 

 

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Thunderbird

Submitted by fsalvagg on Wed, 2024-03-06 11:04

Noor, a young orphaned girl who starts in the present and must go back in time to get four magical bird feathers and save the world. Aided by a djinn cat and girls who look identical to Noor and who each have one of the bird's powers.

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Thunderbird
Thunderbird

Sonia Nimr
(Juvenile Fiction - J Nimr)


Noor, a young orphaned girl who starts in the present and must go back in time to get four magical bird feathers and save the world. Aided by a djinn cat and girls who look identical to Noor and who each have one of the bird's powers.

 

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Ida in the Middle

Submitted by fsalvagg on Wed, 2024-03-06 11:00

Ida is forced to move to a different school, but people still treat her like she'll never fit in. One day, she looks for food and discovers a jar of olives that came from her family's village near Jerusalem. Ida eats one and finds herself in the village, but things are different in this other reality.

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Ida in the Middle
Ida in the Middle

Nora Lester Murad
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Murad)


Ida is forced to move to a different school, but people still treat her like she'll never fit in. One day, she looks for food and discovers a jar of olives that came from her family's village near Jerusalem. Ida eats one and finds herself in the village, but things are different in this other reality.

 

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A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends

Submitted by fsalvagg on Tue, 2023-12-19 12:22

15 authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.

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A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends

Ellen Oh - Editor
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Thousan)

15 authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.

 

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