Ahmed, Tufayel
Summary: It's time everyone knew the truth, and what better way to announce you're getting married (and gay) than on your family WhatsApp group? Amar expected a reaction from his four siblings, but his bombshell sends shockwaves throughout the community and begins to fracture their family unit, already fragile from the death of their mother. Suddenly Amar is questioning everything he once believed in:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AHMAhmed, Roda
Summary: Born to be a star, Etta prepares for her big performance in her school's talent show, but when she gets pre-show jitters, her loving family helps her through it so she can shine in the spotlight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AHMAhmed, Samira
Summary: 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC AHMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC AHMAhmed, Samira
Summary: Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into a camp for Muslim American citizens. With the help of newly made friends also trapped within the 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.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: YA PA FIC AHMAhmed, Samira
Summary: "From bestselling author Samira Ahmed comes a thrilling fantasy adventure intertwining Islamic legend and history, perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the Land of Stories. On the day of a rare super blue blood moon eclipse, twelve-year-old Amira and her little brother, Hamza, cant stop their bickering while attending a special exhibit on medieval Islamic astronomy. While stargazer Amira is wowed...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC AHMAhmed, Samira
Summary: Maya Aziz, seventeen, is caught between her India-born parents world of college and marrying a suitable Muslim boy and her dream world of film school and dating her classmate, Phil, when a terrorist attack changes her life forever.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC AHMSaadawi, Aḥmad
Summary: After he constructs a corpse from body parts found on the street, Hadi wants the government to prepare a proper burial, but when the corpse goes missing, a series of strange murders occur and Hadi realizes he has created a monster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2018
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Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal how a newborn baby is welcomed to the world by parents, siblings, grandparents, other relatives, and neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REIMartin, Ann M.
Summary: "It's Karen's birthday! She can't wait for all those presents. Karen is even having two parties - one at Daddy's house and one at Mommy's. But what Karen really wants for her birthday is one party, with her whole family together. Will Karen's birthday wish come true?"-
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MARGonzález, Saraí
Summary: Fourth grader Saraí Gonzalez can do anything. She can bake, dance, and run her own cupcake business. But when Saraí's grandparents are forced to move, even Saraí's not sure what to do. So she hatches a super-awesome plan with her younger sisters and cousin to buy back the house. Will Saraí find a way to save the day?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GONMartin, Ann M.
Summary: "Everybody used to love Karen. She was cute. She was the little sister. But now baby Emily is in their family, and Karen feels left out. Then Emily gets sick and everybody has to take care of her. Even Karen. And that's when Karen finds out that being a big sister is the most fun of all!" -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MARDyckman, Ame
Summary: Bob, host of Underwater World with Bob, is furious with Shark, not only because Shark ate him (admittedly bad manners), but because Shark will not even admit what he did; the ocean may not be big enough for both of them--unless Shark faces up to his bad behavior, stops sulking (and eating the animals on the program, and maybe barfing up his stomach) and apologizes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DYCDyckman, Ame
Summary: A literate fox attempts to teach a trio of overzealous lemmings to read in order to save them from their habit of jumping off cliffs
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: E VOX DYCDyckman, Ame.
Summary: When her parents find a baby wolf on their doorstep and decide to raise him as their own, Dot is certain he will eat them all up until a surprising encounter with a bear brings them closer together.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WOLWatters, Shannon
Summary: "When Counselor Jen takes the Roanoke scouts on a mission to find a Jackalope, they end up stumbling on a young cowgirl who's been living in the woods surrounding camp with her herd of unusual critters! In the aftermath of the time shenanigans set off by Jo's Mysterious Time Thingy, the Roanoke scouts are a little bit uneasy on their feet. It's up to Jen to cheer them up and help them get back...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Box 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC LUMDyckman, Ame
Summary: When a child in a museum asks how dinosaurs became extinct, Dad comes up with a list of silly answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DYCCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DYCDyckman, Ame
Summary: A boy is thrilled to have a dragon of his own, but quickly discovers that dragons are not appropriate pets. "Our protagonist wishes (much to the narrator's continued chagrin) for a pet dragon. Though initially thrilled, the kid quickly discovers that dragons aren't quite as awesome as they originally thought. From the scooting to the digging to the fire-breathing, our Kid is dismayed that they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DYCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE DYCWatters, Shannon
Summary: Contains vols. 9-10. During Parents Day at camp, the girls and their parents participate in a scavenger hunt, but there's someone or something out in the woods sabotaging them, and delighting in pulling mean pranks!
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Box 2019
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Summary: While helping their grandfather prepare for Greenfield's Winter Festival, the Alden children uncover a mystery surrounding the statue in the town square.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2015
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Summary: Shark interrupts the filming of Underwater World With Bob, scattering the other creatures (and the audience), but he claims it is all a terrible misunderstanding--that he would never think of eating the fish, the squid, the audience...or Bob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DYCWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: The Aldens are off to the rain forests of Sumatra, where a protected piece of land is home to endangered animals such as orangutans, elephants, and tigers, but when part of the forest is cut down, they have to figure out who is responsible.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Oasis Audio 2022