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Once there Was volume 1
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When fifteen-year-old Iranian American Marjan discovers her murdered father was secretly a veterinarian to magical creatures, she realizes she must take up his mantle, despite the many dangers.
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Arab American Heritage Month
Arab American Heritage Month Kids 2023
Historical Reads
OBD Reading is Groovy - YOUTH
Arab American Heritage Month Kids 2023
Historical Reads
OBD Reading is Groovy - YOUTH
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"Eleven-year-old Zomorod, originally from Iran, tells her story of growing up Iranian in Southern California during the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis of the late 1970s"--
4) Dead flip
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All Hallow's Read - Teen
Chills, Thrills & Halloween Fun
GPLD Winter Favorites Young Adult 22-23
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Chills, Thrills & Halloween Fun
GPLD Winter Favorites Young Adult 22-23
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"Eighteen-year-olds Cori and Maz, once inseparable best friends, reunite to solve the mystery of what happened to their other friend Sam--who disappeared five years ago and has now returned, not having aged at all"--
5) Wave
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When her best friend's cancer returns in the summer of 1987, none of her usual pursuits--surfing, singing, or reading poetry--can keep thirteen-year-old Ava afloat.
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Daria Esfandyar is an Iranian American fiercely proud of her heritage. She and her friends call themselves the Authentics, because they pride themselves on always keeping it real. But in the course of researching a school project, Daria learns something shocking about her past which launches her on a journey of self-discovery. Suddenly it seems everyone is keeping secrets, and it's getting harder to know who she even is any longer. With infighting...
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Perfectly Parvin volume 1
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English
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Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (teens)
Back to School (teens)
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
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Back to School (teens)
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
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"After being dumped at the beginning of freshman year, Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to Homecoming"--
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High school junior Leila's Persian heritage already makes her different from her classmates at Armstead Academy, and if word got out that she liked girls life would be twice as hard, but when a new girl, Saskia, shows up, Leila starts to take risks she never thought she would, especially when it looks as if the attraction between them is mutual, so she struggles to sort out her growing feelings by confiding in her old friends.
10) Borderline
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Despite the strained relationship between them, teenaged Sami Sabiri risks his life to uncover the truth when his father is implicated in a terrorist plot.
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Muslim American Heritage Month (kids)
Muslim Faith & Culture - picture books and more for kids
OBD August Is National Ice Cream Month - Youth
Muslim Faith & Culture - picture books and more for kids
OBD August Is National Ice Cream Month - Youth
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Rashin is an Iranian immigrant girl living in New York, excited by her first trip to Coney Island, and fascinated by the differences in the beach customs between her native Iran and her new home--but she misses the saffron flavored ice cream that she used to eat.
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After lying on her college admissions, seventeen-year-old Jasmine needs to win her senior class election, but the Iran Hostage Crisis explodes across the nightly news and her opponent begins to stir up anti-Iranian hysteria at school causing Jasmine to reconcile with her identity in way she never has before.
13) The tryout
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2024 Women's History Month for Kids
2025 Caudill Nominees
2025 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
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2025 Caudill Nominees
2025 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
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As one of the only Asian Americans in her school, Christina confronts both well-meaning ignorance and cruel racism, but in middle school fitting in is important, which is why she and her best friend Megan are both excited and nervous to try out for the popular cheerleading squad.
15) Down and across
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"Sixteen-year-old Scott Ferdowsi's impromptu trip to a famous professor for advice about success turns into a summer of freedom that brings him answers in unexpected places"--
His friends know what they want to do with the rest of their lives, but Scott Ferdowsi can hardly commit to a breakfast cereal, let alone a passion. With his parents pushing him to settle on a "practical" career, Scott sneaks off to Washington, DC, seeking guidance from a famous...
16) Sugar in milk
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"A young immigrant girl joins her aunt and uncle in a new country that is unfamiliar to her. She struggles with loneliness, with a fierce longing for the culture and familiarity of home, until one day, her aunt takes her on a walk. As the duo strolls through their city park, the girl's aunt begins to tell her an old myth, and a story within the story begins. A long time ago, a group of refugees arrived on a foreign shore. The local king met them,...
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2022 Summer Top Picks for Middle Schoolers
2023 March Book Madness at Blackhawk
Arab American Heritage 2023
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2023 March Book Madness at Blackhawk
Arab American Heritage 2023
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Twelve-year-old Iranian refugee Khosrou moves to Oklahoma where he goes by Daniel and models himself after the legendary storyteller Scheherazade as he weaves tales that reflect his perseverance and reinvention.
At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a...
18) Azar on fire
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Perfectly Parvin volume 2
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English
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"Fourteen-year-old Azar Rossi sets out to find her voice and win her local Battle of the Bands contest"--
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