I just remembered it’s Muslim Heritage Month (I’ve been a little distracted!) So, in my ongoing series of books you can download from your library if it subscribes to hoopla, I present the following. Unfortunately, I have read only a couple of these books – if you have read them, let me know!
Kids
- Muslim Girls Rise by Priya Ayyar (movie, readalong, and audiobook)
- Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns by Hena Khan (picture ebook)
- Helping the Polonskys by Khaleel Muhammad (early chapter ebook)
- Common Threads by Huda Essa (picture ebook)
- The Gift of Ramadan by Rabiah York Lumbard (picture ebook)
- Malala: Activist For Girls’ Education by Aurélia Fronty, Raphaele Frier (ebook, audiobook)
- Crescent Moons And Pointed Minarets by Hena Khan (picture ebook)
- One Half from the East by Nadia Hashimi (ebook, audiobook)
- The Sky at Our Feet by Nadia Hashimi (ebook, audiobook)
Teens on Hoopla
- All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney (audiobook)
- Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan (ebook, audiobook)
- Here to Stay by Sara Farizan (ebook)
- If You Could be Mine by Sara Farizan (ebook, audiobook)
- The Lines we Cross by Randa Abdel-Fattah (audiobook)
- A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Taheri Mafi (audiobook)
- The Love And Lies Of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan (audiobook)
Teens on Libby
[updated 4/21/20 to include these great suggestions from my colleague Barb, available through Libby.]
- Becoming Kareem by Kareem Abdul Jabar
- Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
- Internment by Samira Ahmed
- Love Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
- Mirage by Samira Daud (a Cybils YA spec fiction finalist! audiobook on hoopla)
- We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
Adults
- A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi (ebook, audiobook)
- The Pearl That Broke its Shell by Nadia Hashimi (ebook)
- When the Moon is Low by by Nadia Hashimi (ebook)
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (audiobook)
- The Language of Secrets by Ausma Zehanat Khan (audiobook)
- The Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz (audiobook)
- City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty (audiobook)
I read and liked The Lines We Cross, All-American Muslim Girl and A Very Large Expanse of Sea. All three are romances where a Muslim girl is attracted to a boy who is not Muslim. In the first two titles, the boy in question has a father who has a vested interest in promoting anti-Muslim hate speech. The Romeo-and-Juliet-type romance is just one aspect of these stories; the individual personalities of the main characters, as well as their families, friends, and communities add depth and richness.
Thank you so much for sharing, Barb!