Hena Khan
Author
Series
Zara's rules volume 1
Pub. Date
2022
Formats
Description
From the beloved author of Amina's Voice comes the first book in a humor-filled middle grade series starring a young Muslim girl with an endless list of hobbies who searches for ways to maximize fun for her family and neighborhood friends.
Meet Zara Saleem, the queen of the neighborhood.
Zara's in charge of it all: she organizes the games, picks the teams, and makes sure everyone has a good time...and they always do.
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Meet Zara Saleem, the queen of the neighborhood.
Zara's in charge of it all: she organizes the games, picks the teams, and makes sure everyone has a good time...and they always do.
...
Author
Series
Amina's voice volume 1
Formats
Description
A Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2017
"For inspiring empathy in young readers, you can't get better than this book." —R. J. Palacio, author of #1 New York Timesbestseller Wonder
"Amina's anxieties are entirely relatable, but it's her sweet-hearted nature that makes her such a winning protagonist." —Entertainment Weekly
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl...
"For inspiring empathy in young readers, you can't get better than this book." —R. J. Palacio, author of #1 New York Timesbestseller Wonder
"Amina's anxieties are entirely relatable, but it's her sweet-hearted nature that makes her such a winning protagonist." —Entertainment Weekly
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Formats
Description
From the critically acclaimed author of Amina's Voice comes the first book in an exciting new middle grade series about a fourth-grader with big dreams of basketball stardom.
Fourth grader Zayd Saleem has some serious hoop dreams. He's not just going to be a professional basketball player. He's going to be a star. A legend. The first Pakistani-American kid to make it to the NBA. He knows this deep in his soul. It's his destiny....
Fourth grader Zayd Saleem has some serious hoop dreams. He's not just going to be a professional basketball player. He's going to be a star. A legend. The first Pakistani-American kid to make it to the NBA. He knows this deep in his soul. It's his destiny....
5) Amina's Song
Author
Series
Amina's voice volume 2
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature
In the companion novel to the beloved and award-winning Amina's Voice, Amina once again uses her voice to bridge the places, people, and communities she loves—this time across continents.
It's the last few days of an amazing trip to Pakistan, and Amina finds it hard to leave the sights, the shops, and, most of all, her family. As she...
In the companion novel to the beloved and award-winning Amina's Voice, Amina once again uses her voice to bridge the places, people, and communities she loves—this time across continents.
It's the last few days of an amazing trip to Pakistan, and Amina finds it hard to leave the sights, the shops, and, most of all, her family. As she...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Ten-year-old (nearly eleven) Zara's nickname is "Queen of the Neighborhood" because she organizes the other children (even the older ones), sets the rules, and generally makes sure everyone has fun; but now another ten-year-old, Naomi, has moved in across the street and she has her own ideas about fun games, and suddenly the other kids (even Zara's younger brother Zayd) are listening to Naomi--if she is going to retain her influence Zara needs to...
8) Bounce back
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
ix, 131 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
When an injury sidelines new captain Zayd, he must find another way to be a leader for his basketball team.
Author
Series
Amina's voice volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
viii, 197 pages ; 22 cm
Description
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school. After her local mosque if vandalized, she is devastated. Her friend Soojin is talking about changing her name. Does Amina need to become more "American" and hide who she really is?
10) Drawing Deena
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When aspiring artist Deena's anxiety reaches a breaking point, both she and her mother learn the importance of asking for help, and that, with the right support, she can create something truly beautiful.
Author
Series
Zara's rules volume 2
Description
From the beloved author of Amina's Voice comes the second book in the delightful Zara's Rules middle grade series following Zara as she starts her own business!
Zara lives for bike rides with her friends-so when her shiny, brand-new bike goes missing from the park one day, she's crushed. After her parents insist she earn the money for another one herself, Zara's determined to start a business. But what kind? A lemonade stand? Not profitable enough....
14) Under my hijab
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Description
As a young girl observes that each of six women in her life wears her hijab and hair in a different way, she considers how to express her own style one day.
16) Amina's song
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm
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
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
130 pages : illustrations 22 cm
Description
After Zara's bike goes missing, her parents insist on her earning money to pay for it, so she and her friend Naomi turn their red wagon into The Treasure Wagon and try and sell some old knickknacks found in her family's basement.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
178 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Best-selling and award-winning authors take on the brave new world of middle school in this remarkable collection, brimming with humor and heart. Subjects range from peer pressure, homework, family issues, and cultural barriers to the unexpected saving graces of music, art, friendship, and reading. This engaging anthology, filled with texts, emails, formal letters, stories in verse, first-person narratives, and even a short graphic novel, shines...