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Huda F Are You?
by Huda Fahmy
"Huda F. is starting high school in a new town and needs to figure out where she fits in"
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All-American Muslim Girl
by Nadine Jolie Courtney
A nonpracticing Muslim-American teen, the daughter of a famous conservative shock jock, witnesses acts of Islamophobia in her small town that prompts her courageous study and embrace of her faith. By the author of Romancing the Throne.
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Only This Beautiful Moment
by Abdi Nazemian
Set against the backdrop of Tehran and Los Angeles, this sweeping intergenerational story, examining queer identity at the end of different decades, follows three boys in the same Iranian family as they each gain a new understanding of their history, culture—and themselves.
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Man O' War
by Cory McCarthy
While at a marine life theme park, River's encounter with a queer person lands him in the shark tank, which launches a journey of self-discovery, from internalized homophobia and gender dysphoria, through layers of coming out, affirmation surgery, and true love.
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Hollow Fires
by Samira Ahmed
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.
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A Very Large Expanse of Sea
by Tahereh Mafi
Withdrawing into solitude after enduring a year of cruel prejudice in the aftermath of September 11, Muslim teen Shirin, an enthusiastic breakdancer, struggles to trust a boy who is the first friend who really seems to want to know her.
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Rana Joon and the One & Only Now
by Shideh Etaat
Set in 1996 southern California, high school senior Rana Joon wants to honor her deceased best friend by entering a rap contest and living authentically as a lesbian, but feels conflicted by her Iranian family's expectations.
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Nayra and the Djinn
by Iasmin Omar Ata
A bullied Muslim American girl, Nayra Mansour gets some unexpected help navigating her overwhelming life when a mysterious djinn named Marjan arrives, but there are costly consequences for their actions and Nayra could pay the high price.
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Wild Poppies
by Haya Saleh
Trying to be the man of his Syrian refugee family after his father dies, bookish Oscar must rescue his brother Sufyan when he gets in too deep with an intense group of fighters and find courage in ways he had never dared to before.
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As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow
by Zoulfa Katouh
Volunteering at a hospital Syria, where she witnessed the wounded flooding through the doors, Salama manifests a physical embodiment of her fear in the form of her imagined companion and is torn between her loyalty to her country and her conviction to survive.
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