Results for: samira ahmed

Below is a list of 12 the books by this author.

Book cover of AMIRA & HAMZA - THE WAR TO SAVE THE WORLDS
AMIRA & HAMZA - THE WAR TO SAVE THE WORLDS
By: samira ahmed | Published: September 2021

On the day of a rare super blue blood moon eclipse, twelve-year-old Amira and her little brother, Hamza, can't stop their bickering while attending a...

On the day of a rare super blue blood moon eclipse, twelve-year-old Amira and her little brother, Hamza, can't stop their bickering while attending a special exhibit on medieval Islamic astronomy. While stargazer Amira is wowed by the amazing gadgets, a bored Hamza wanders off, stumbling across the mesmerizing and forbidden Box of the Moon. Amira can only watch in horror as Hamza grabs the defunct box and it springs to life, setting off a series of events that could shatter their world--literally. A thrilling fantasy adventure intertwining Islamic legend and history, perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the Land of Stories.

Theme: Fantasy, Rick Riordan Presents series, Diversity, Asian Heritage

  • ISBN
    9780316540469
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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$22.99
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Book cover of AMIRA & HAMZA - THE WAR TO SAVE THE WORLDS
AMIRA & HAMZA - THE WAR TO SAVE THE WORLDS
By: samira ahmed | Published: August 2022

On the day of a rare super blue blood moon eclipse, twelve-year-old Amira and her little brother, Hamza, can't stop their bickering while attending a...

On the day of a rare super blue blood moon eclipse, twelve-year-old Amira and her little brother, Hamza, can't stop their bickering while attending a special exhibit on medieval Islamic astronomy. While stargazer Amira is wowed by the amazing gadgets, a bored Hamza wanders off, stumbling across the mesmerizing and forbidden Box of the Moon. Amira can only watch in horror as Hamza grabs the defunct box and it springs to life, setting off a series of events that could shatter their world--literally.

Theme: Diversity, Adventure, Asian Heritage

  • ISBN
    9780316540483
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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$11.99
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Book cover of AMIRA & HAMZA 02 THE QUEST FOR THE RING
AMIRA & HAMZA 02 THE QUEST FOR THE RING
By: samira ahmed | Published: September 2022

Amira and Hamza have returned from Qaf, the magical Jinn world, as triumphant heroes--and life has been pleasantly quiet. Too quiet. Hamza is...

Amira and Hamza have returned from Qaf, the magical Jinn world, as triumphant heroes--and life has been pleasantly quiet. Too quiet. Hamza is determined to have one last monumental, epic adventure before summer ends. But when sneaking off to explore an old, abandoned castle goes from life-changing adventure to potentially deadly, Amira and Hamza find themselves in the middle of another dangerous quest to save the worlds. One they didn't bargain for. The siblings are brought face to face with the evil dev, Ahriman, angry and out for revenge. And if Amira and Hamza thought Ifrit was bad, his dad Ahriman, the last in an ancient line of fire spirits, is far worse. Ahriman kidnaps Hamza and forces him to help locate the lost Ring of Power, an ancient and mysterious artifact that will allow him to rule the universe. Desperate to save her brother, Amira must outsmart perilous traps and confounding puzzles in a race against time to retrieve the artifact before Ahriman does... or say goodbye to Hamza and their world forever.

Theme: Adventure, Diversity, Asian Heritage

  • ISBN
    9780316318617
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Junior Fiction
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$22.99
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Book cover of HOLLOW FIRES
HOLLOW FIRES
By: samira ahmed | Published: May 2022

After discovering the body of fourteen-year-old Jawad Ali in Jackson Park, seventeen-year-old journalism student Safiya Mirza begins investigating...

After discovering the body of fourteen-year-old Jawad Ali in Jackson Park, seventeen-year-old journalism student Safiya Mirza begins investigating his murder and ends up confronting white supremacy in her own high school.

Theme: Mystery, Diversity, Muslim, #OwnVoices

  • ISBN
    9780316282642
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$23.99
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HOLLOW FIRES
By: samira ahmed | Published: May 2023

Safiya Mirza dreams of becoming a journalist. And one thing she's learned as editor of her school newspaper is that a journalist's job is to find the...

Safiya Mirza dreams of becoming a journalist. And one thing she's learned as editor of her school newspaper is that a journalist's job is to find the facts and not let personal biases affect the story. But all that changes the day she finds the body of a murdered boy. Jawad Ali was fourteen years old when he built a cosplay jetpack that a teacher mistook for a bomb. A jetpack that got him arrested, labeled a terrorist--and eventually killed. But he's more than a dead body, and more than "Bomb Boy." He was a person with a life worth remembering. Driven by Jawad's haunting voice guiding her throughout her investigation, Safiya seeks to tell the whole truth about the murdered boy and those who killed him because of their hate-based beliefs.

Theme: Mystery, Diversity, Muslim, #OwnVoices

  • ISBN
    9780316282741
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$15.99
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Book cover of INTERNMENT
INTERNMENT
By: samira ahmed | Published: March 2019

Rebellions are built on hope. Set in a horrifying near-future-United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin is forced into an internment camp for...

Rebellions are built on hope. Set in a horrifying near-future-United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin is forced into an internment camp for Muslim-American citizens with her parents. With the help of newly-made friends also trapped within the internment camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the internment camp's Director and his guards. Heart-racing and emotional, Internment challenges readers to fight complicit silence that exists in our society today.

Theme: Diversity, Dystopian, Asian Heritage, Muslim

  • ISBN
    9780316522694
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
Retail Price:
$22.99
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INTERNMENT
By: samira ahmed | Published: March 2020

Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American...

Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens. With the help of newly made friends also trapped within the internment camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the camp's Director and his guards.

Theme: Diversity, Muslim, Asian Heritage, Dystopian

  • ISBN
    9780316522700
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$15.99
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Book cover of LOVE HATE & OTHER FILTERS
LOVE HATE & OTHER FILTERS
By: samira ahmed | Published: January 2018

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this unforgettable debut novel, an Indian-American Muslim teen copes with Islamophobia, cultural divides among...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this unforgettable debut novel, an Indian-American Muslim teen copes with Islamophobia, cultural divides among peers and parents, and a reality she can neither explain nor escape.   Seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There’s the proper one her parents expect for their good Indian daughter: attending a college close to their suburban Chicago home and being paired off with an older Muslim boy her mom deems “suitable.” And then there is the world of her dreams: going to film school and living in New York City—and pursuing a boy she’s known from afar since grade school. But in the aftermath of a horrific crime perpetrated hundreds of miles away, her life is turned upside down. The community she’s known since birth becomes unrecognizable; neighbors and classmates are consumed with fear, bigotry, and hatred. Ultimately, Maya must find the strength within to determine where she truly belongs.

Theme: Muslim, Diversity

  • ISBN
    9781616958473
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$21.99
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Book cover of LOVE HATE & OTHER FILTERS
LOVE HATE & OTHER FILTERS
By: samira ahmed | Published: January 2019

Seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There's the proper one her parents expect for their good Indian daughter: attending a college...

Seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There's the proper one her parents expect for their good Indian daughter: attending a college close to their suburban Chicago home and being paired off with an older Muslim boy her mom deems "suitable." And then there is the world of her dreams: going to film school and living in New York City--and pursuing a boy she's known from afar since grade school. But in the aftermath of a horrific crime perpetrated hundreds of miles away, her life is turned upside down. The community she's known since birth becomes unrecognizable; neighbors and classmates are consumed with fear, bigotry, and hatred. Ultimately, Maya must find the strength within to determine where she truly belongs.

Theme: Muslim, Diversity, Asian Heritage

  • ISBN
    9781616959999
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$14.99
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Book cover of MAD BAD & DANGEROUS
MAD BAD & DANGEROUS
By: samira ahmed | Published: July 2021

Told in alternating narratives that bridge centuries, the latest novel from Samira Ahmed traces the lives of two young women fighting to write their...

Told in alternating narratives that bridge centuries, the latest novel from Samira Ahmed traces the lives of two young women fighting to write their own stories and escape the pressure of cultural expectations in worlds too long defined by men. It's August in Paris and 17-year-old Khayyam Maquet--American, French, Indian, Muslim--is at a crossroads. This holiday with her parents should be a dream trip for the budding art historian. But her maybe-ex-boyfriend is probably ghosting her, she might have just blown her chance at getting into her dream college, and now all she really wants is to be back home in Chicago figuring out her messy life instead of brooding in the City of Light. Two hundred years before Khayyam's summer of discontent, Leila is struggling to survive and keep her true love hidden from the Pasha who has "gifted" her with favored status in his harem. In the present day--and with the company of a descendant of Alexandre Dumas--Khayyam begins to connect allusions to an enigmatic 19th-century Muslim woman whose path may have intersected with Alexandre Dumas, Eugène Delacroix, and Lord Byron. Echoing across centuries, Leila and Khayyam's lives intertwine, and as one woman's long-forgotten life is uncovered, another's is transformed.

Theme: Blended family

  • ISBN
    9781641292313
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$13.99
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Book cover of MAGIC HAS NO BORDERS
MAGIC HAS NO BORDERS
By: samira ahmed | Published: May 2023

A pair of star-crossed lovers search for a way back to one another against all odds . . . A girl fights for her life against a malignant,...

A pair of star-crossed lovers search for a way back to one another against all odds . . . A girl fights for her life against a malignant, generations-old evil . . . A peri seeks to reclaim her lost powers . . . A warrior rebels against her foretold destiny . . . From chudails and peris to jinn and goddesses, this collection of South Asian folklore, legends, and epics reimagines stories of old for a modern audience. This fantasy and science fiction teen anthology edited by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra contains a wide range of stories from fourteen writers from the South Asian diaspora.

Theme: Diversity, Anthology, Asian Heritage, India

  • ISBN
    9780063208261
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    High School - Literature Anthologies
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$24.99
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Book cover of THIS BOOK WON'T BURN
THIS BOOK WON'T BURN
By: samira ahmed | Published: May 2024

While still coping with her parents' sudden divorce and having to start at a new school midway through her senior year, Noor and two new friends take...

While still coping with her parents' sudden divorce and having to start at a new school midway through her senior year, Noor and two new friends take a stand against book bans at their small-town Illinois high school.

Theme: Social Justice

  • ISBN
    9780316547840
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
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$24.99
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