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1) The gauntlet
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Farah and her two best friends get sucked into a mechanical board game called The Gauntlet of Blood and Sand, a puzzle game akin to a large Rubik's cube, they know it is up to them to defeat the game's diabolical architect in order to save themselves and those who are trapped inside, including her baby brother Ahmed.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"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 shipped to a host family across the world. When Maria arrives...
3) The Battle
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
A virtual reality game freezes time in New York City and thrusts twelve-year-old Ahmad Mirza and his classmate, Winnie, into the game world of Paheli, where they must overcome the Mastermind and the Architect.
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Told from more than a dozen alternating viewpoints, this spellbinding collection of stories follows eighteen students at the Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary as they each try to solve the murder of a professor, discovering that magic doesn't always play by the rules.
A prestigious school for young magicians, the Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary is reinventing itself as a roaming academy in which students of all cultures and identities are...
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"So, you're thinking of writing a book. Or, maybe you've written one, and are wondering what to do with it. What does it take to publish a novel, or even a short story? If you're a writer of color, these questions might multiply; after all, there's a lot of writing advice out there, and it can be hard to know how much of it really applies to your own experiences. If any of this sounds like you, you're in the right place: this collection of essays,...
