Let’s Go Swimming on Doomsday
Let’s Go Swimming on Doomsday By Natalie C. Anderson Published by Penguin Young Readers Group ISBN-13: 9780399547614 Age Range: 12+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “An excellent choice for public and school libraries looking for powerful realistic fiction titles.” —School Library Journal Description When Abdi’s family is kidnapped, he’s forced to do the unthinkable: become a child soldier with the ruthless jihadi group Al Shabaab. In order to save the lives of those he loves, and earn their freedom, Abdi agrees to be embedded as a spy...
Read MoreCall Me American
Call Me American By Abdi Nor Iftin Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Age Range: 14+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Searing memoir filled with horrors that impressively remains upbeat, highly inspiring, and always educational.” -Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) Description The incredible true story of a boy living in war-torn Somalia who escapes to America–first by way of the movies; years later, through a miraculous green card. Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop...
Read MoreAmina: Through My Eyes
Amina: Through My Eyes By J. L. Powers Published by Allen & Unwin Pty. Age Range: 11+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…a solid counterexample to Islamophobia and negative notions about Somalis.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Amina lives on the edges of Mogadishu. Her family’s house has been damaged in Somalia’s long civil war, but they continue to live there, reluctant to leave their home. Amina’s world is shattered when government forces come to arrest her father because his art has been officially censored, deemed too...
Read MoreI Remember Warm Rain
I Remember Warm Rain Photos by Laura Lewis Published by The Telling Room Find a copy from The Telling Room Store Description Fifteen students, from countries such as Somalia, Iraq, Sudan, and Iran are represented in our first anthology, I Remember Warm Rain. In it, you meet Ali killing hyenas and Arunda speaking to his father by phone after ten years of believing he is dead. You meet Kahiye, revealing his first experience of snow, and Stella doing something once forbidden to her, playing a game she loves: soccer. These rich stories were written as part of The Telling...
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