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Eighth-grader Somali American Nimo Mohamed is the youngest runner on the varsity cross-country team, but she is determined to keep up with the older girls, so she has set herself a grueling training schedule; too grueling because her body is exhausted, her grades at school are slipping, and her father, who is still very much in her life despite the divorce, is starting the pressure her to quit the team.
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Diverse Books - Refugee Experience - Picture Books
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New Experiences for the New Year
Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
New Experiences for the New Year
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Three children from other countries (Somalia, Guatemala, and Korea) struggle to adjust to their new home and school in the United States.
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Sadiq and his friends are starting a video game club at school and planning a tournament for the whole school to participate in, but their teacher reminds them that they also have to have a service pledge, and they are not really sure how video games fit in with the goal of helping others--until a visit to an assisted living home where his mother volunteers gives him an idea.
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After his class attends the Festival of Nations, Sadiq and his friends are inspired to host a festival celebrating their own cultures. Sadiq can't wait to share Somali foods, games, and crafts with his classmates, but when he asks his friend Owen what he is going to share, Owen tells him he isn't sure about his cultural heritage. Sadiq must find a way to help everyone in his class feel like they can be a part of the celebration. Includes a glossary,...
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Sadiq loves drumming, and he can't wait to be a drummer in the school band when he's older. He soon befriends a new girl in his class, Gabi, who's deaf, and the two bond over their love of drumming. Hooyo shows Sadiq a family heirloom, a drum called a durbaan, and Sadiq can't wait to show it to his friends at school for show-and-tell. But when he takes the durbaan to school without asking and it disappears, Sadiq learns an important lesson about honesty....