YA Books by Muslim Authors | Metro Nashville Public Schools

1) An ember in the ashes: a novel

Author

Tahir, Sabaa

Series

Ember in the ashes volume 1

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook, Playaway

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"Laia is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire's greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution"-- Provided by publisher.

2) Huda F are you

Author

Fahmy, Huda

Series

Huda F books volume 1

Formats:

Comic, eComic

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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, and she can't rely on her hijab to define her anymore. She has to define herself. So she tries on a bunch of cliques, but she isn't a hijabi fashionista or a hijabi athlete or a hijabi gamer. She's not...

3) The awakening of Malcolm X

Author

Shabazz, Ilyasah

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Book, eAudiobook

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While in Charlestown Prison in the 1940s, young Malcolm Little reads all the books in the library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam, and emerges as Malcolm X.

4) Hani and Ishu's guide to fake dating

Author

Jaigirdar, Adiba

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

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"Everyone likes Humaira 'Hani' Khan--she's easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can't be bi if she's only dated guys. Panicked, Hani blurts out that she's in a relationship...with a girl her friends absolutely hate--Ishita 'Ishu' Dey. Ishu is the complete opposite of Hani. She's an academic overachiever who hopes that becoming head girl will...

5) Misfit in love

Author

Ali, S. K

Series

Saints and misfits novels volume 2

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

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"Janna Yusuf and her friends are planning for her brother's nikah. But what started as a simple marriage ceremony is turning into the biggest event of the summer-and a chance for Janna to finally reveal her crush...or so she thinks"-- Provided by publisher.

6) Shatter me

Author

Mafi, Tahereh

Series

Shatter me (Mafi) volume 1

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

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One touch is all it takes. One touch, and Juliette Ferrars can leave a fully grown man gasping for air. One touch, and she can kill. No one knows why Juliette has such incredible power. It feels like a curse, a burden that one person alone could never bear. But The Reestablishment sees it as a gift, sees her as an opportunity. An opportunity for a deadly weapon. Juliette has never fought for herself before. But when she's reunited with the one person...

7) We hunt the flame

Author

Faizal, Hafsah

Series

Sands of Arawiya volume 1

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Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

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In a world inspired by ancient Arabia, seventeen-year-old huntress Zafira must disguise herself as a man to seek a lost artifact that could return magic to her cursed world.

8) The weight of our sky

Author

Hanna Alkaf

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"Amidst the Chinese-Malay conflict in Kuala Lumpur in 1969, sixteen-year-old Melati must overcome prejudice, violence, and her own OCD to find her way back to her mother"-- Provided by publisher.

9) The weight of our sky

Author

Hanna Alkaf

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"Amidst the Chinese-Malay conflict in Kuala Lumpur in 1969, sixteen-year-old Melati must overcome prejudice, violence, and her own OCD to find her way back to her mother"-- Provided by publisher.

10) Call me American Call me American (Delacorte Press): the extraordinary true story of a young Somali immigrant

Author

Iftin, Abdi Nor

11) Ms. Marvel: Vol. 1,No normal

Author

Wilson, G. Willow

Series

Ms. Marvel (2014) volume 1

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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 the dangers of her newfound powers, she unlocks a secret behind them, as well. Is Kamala ready to wield these immense new gifts? Or will the weight of the legacy before her be too much to bear? Kamala has...

12) Piece by piece: the story of Nisrin's hijab

Author

Huq, Priya

Series

Piece by Piece The Story of Nisrin's Hijab

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Comic, eComic, Kindle

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"Nisrin is a 13-year-old Bangladeshi-American girl living in Milwaukie, Oregon, in 2002. As she nears the end of eighth grade, she gives a presentation for World Culture Day about Bangladesh while wearing a traditional cultural dress. On her way home, she is the victim of a hate crime when a man violently attacks her for wearing a headscarf. Deeply traumatized by the experience, Nisrin spends the summer depressed and isolated. Other than weekly therapy,...