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Américains d'origine pakistanaise Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Basketball stories Families Juvenile fiction Muslim girls Muslim girls Juvenile fiction Muslims United States Fiction Muslims United States Juvenile fiction Pakistani Americans Pakistani Americans Fiction Pakistani Americans Juvenile fictionKhan, H. N.
Summary: Dreaming of being the world's first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA, fifteen-year-old Fawad Chaudhry must convince his mother to let him try out for the basketball team while dealing with the neighborhood bully.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Teen, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House of Canada Limited 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KHARiazi, Karuna
Summary: Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember--first because of her parents' constant travel, and then because of their deaths. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never takes long for her guardians to tire of her. So when old friends of her parents offer to "give her a better life" in the United States, Maria is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC RIACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC RIAHall, Patricia
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALBowen, Rhys.
Summary: Constable Evans investigates when a Pakistani girl vanishes at the same time that she is being forced into an arranged marriage, and a man is shot to death in his home, and Evans discovers an unlikely link between the crimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOWSimonson, Helen.
Summary: Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SIMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SIMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Simonson 2010Aslam, Nadeem.
Summary: The disappearance of Jugnu and Chanda turns tragic when Chanda's brothers are arrested for their murders and the families struggle to reconcile their Islamic faith and the crime's impact on their families.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASLAkhtar, Ayad.
Summary: A young Pakistani boy, whose parents left the fundamentalists behind when they came to America, finds transformation and a path to happiness through a family friend, Mina, who shows him the beauty and power of the Quran.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AKHAkhtar, Ayad.
Summary: Hayat Shah was captivated by Mina long before he met her: his mother's beautiful, brilliant, and soulfully devout friend is a family legend. When he learns that Mina is leaving Pakistan to live with the Shahs in America, Hayat is thrilled. Hayat's father is less enthusiastic. When Mina finds her own path to happiness, the ember of jealousy in Hayat's heart is enflamed by the community's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC AKHAziz Amna, Dur E
Summary: "For fans of Valeria Luiselli and Mohsin Hamid comes a fresh new perspective on coming-of-age as a Pakistani Muslim in rural America. "This is a fearless, exacting, essential work, and marks the debut of a thrilling new global voice."-Peter Ho Davies, author of The Welsh Girl. On a year-long exchange program in rural Oregon, sixteen-year-old Hira must swap Kashmiri chai for volleyball practice...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AZIAli, Kasim
Summary: "If love really is a choice, how do you decide where your loyalties lie? It's the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve and Nur is steeling himself to tell his parents that he's seeing someone. A young British Pakistani man, Nur has spent years omitting details about his personal life to maintain his image as the golden eldest child. And it's come at a cost. Once, Nur was a restless college...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALIAslam, Nadeem.
Summary: Jeo and Mikal are foster brothers from a small town in Pakistan. Though they were inseparable as children, their adult lives have diverged: Jeo is a dedicated medical student, married a year; Mikal has been a vagabond since he was fifteen, in love with a woman he can't have. But when Jeo decides to sneak across the border into Afghanistan--not to fight with the Taliban against the Americans,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASLFaruqi, Reem
Summary: When her father is accused of a crime he didn't commit, seventh grader Aafiyah, a Pakistani American girl who has a habit of "borrowing" glittery things, decides to use her bad habit to reunite her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FARFaruqi, Saadia
Summary: On her family's visit to a farm, Yasmin is thrilled to play with the baby chicks, but when she forgets to close the pen door and one goes missing, Yasmin has to scramble to find it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE FARFaruqi, Saadia
Summary: After Yasmin and her father spend the day working on a large jigsaw puzzle, her father does not feel well the next morning. Doctor Yasmin is sure she can diagnose the problem, and prescribe a cure!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE FARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FARFaruqi, Saadia
Summary: Nani likes to sit outside and sew, but little things like her thimble keep disappearing. Yasmin turns detective and applies a science lesson to solve the mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE FARFaruqi, Saadia
Summary: Yasmin and her friend Emma are going to the ice rink, but Yasmin is nervous and does not want to admit that she has never skated, so she delays going on the ice as long as possible--but when she falls down Emma's mother offers to teach her, and Emma helps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FARSaeed, Aisha
Summary: "Naila's conservative immigrant parents have always said the same thing: she may choose what to study, how to wear her hair, and what to be when she grows up--but they will choose her husband. Following their cultural tradition, they will plan an arranged marriage for her. And until then, dating--even friendship with a boy--is forbidden. When Naila breaks their rule by falling in love with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SAEFaruqi, Saadia
Summary: Meet Yasmin! Yasmin is a spirited second-grader who's always on the lookout for those "aha" moments to help her solve life's little problems. Taking inspiration from her surroundings and her big imagination, she boldly faces any situation, assuming her imagination doesn't get too big, of course! A creative thinker and curious explorer, Yasmin and her multi-generational Pakistani American family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019
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Summary: Yasmin is excited to attend a wedding party, but when the singing starts Yasmin is too shy to join in.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FARTahir, Sabaa
Summary: Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC TAHKhan, Hena
Summary: Fourth-grader Zayd yearns to play basketball on the Gold Team, but when he skips orchestra rehearsal to practice, his parents forbid anything basketball-related, and tryouts are coming soon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KHAKhan, Hiba Noor
Summary: Malala Yousafzai is known across the world for having the courage to stand up for what she believes in, even in the face of terrifying adversity. From playing in the Swat Valley in Pakistan to making speeches at the United Nations, Malala's story has become an inspiration for people all over the world who are fighting for justice. Discover what it took for one incredible girl to become the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People YousafzaiGruber, Michael
Summary: Somewhere in Pakistan, Sonia Laghari and eight fellow members of a symposium on peace are being held captive by armed terrorists. Sonia, a deeply religious woman as well as a Jungian psychologist, has become the de facto leader of the kidnapped group, while her son Theo, an ex-Delta soldier, uses his military connections to find and free the victims.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRUKhan, Hena
Summary: "Zayd is so excited to finally be on the Gold Team in basketball but when the team starts struggling and his best friend quits to play football he must step up for his team"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2018