Summer Reading Suggestions
7th Grade to 9th Grade and above
● A Darkness at the Door by Intisar Khanani
● A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal
● A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
● All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
● All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney
● An Acquaintance by Saba Syed
● An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
● An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi
● Anything But Okay by Sarah Darer Littman
● As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
● Ask Me No Questions By Marina Budhos
● Ayesha Dean- The Lisbon Lawbreaker by Melati Lum
● Ayesha Dean: The Istanbul Intrigue by Melati Lum
● Ayesha Dean: The Seville Secret by Melati Lum
● Better Than a Thousand Months: An American Muslim Family Celebration by Hassaun Ali Jones-Bey
● Boy vs Girl by Na’ima B. Robert
● Broken Moon by Kim Antieau
● Compass, Vol. 1: The Cauldron of Eternal Life by Robert MacKenzie & Dave Walker illustrated by Justin Greenwood
● Does My Head Look Big in This? By Randa Abdel-Fattah
● From Somalia With Love By Na’ima B. Robert
● Grandpa Ali and Friends Volume 1 By Yasin Osman
● Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s most Infamous Prison by Sarah Mirk, introduction by Omar Al Akkad, illustrated by Gerardo Alba, Kasia Babis, Alex Beguez, Tracy Chahwan, Nomi Kane, Omar Khouri, Kane Lynch, Maki Naro, Hazel Newlewant, Jeremy Nguyen, Chelsea Saunders, and Abu Zubaydah
● Hakim’s Odyssey: Book 2: From Turkey to Greece by Fabien Toulme’
● Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin
● Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed
● Home is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
● Hope Ablaze by Sarah Mughal Rana
● House of Glass Hearts by Leila Siddiqui
● House of Yesterday by Deeba Zargarpur
● Huda F Cares? by Huda Fahmy
● Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food and Love edited by Elsie Chapman and Caroline Tung Richmond
● Internment by Samira Ahmed
● It All Comes Back to You by Farah Naz Rishi
● Lala Comics: The Hilarious encounters of a Muslim Woman Learning Her Religion by Umm Sulayman
● Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution by Sherine Hamdy & Coleman Nye illustrated by Sara Bao & Caroline Brewer
● Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali
● Love from Mecca to Medina by S.K. Ali
● Mark My Words: The Truth is There in Black and White by Muhammad Khan
● Messenger: The Legend of Muhammad Ali by Marc Bernardin illustrated by Ron Salas
● Mirage by Somaiya Daud
● Misfits in Love by S.K. Ali
● More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood
● Mosque by David Macaulay
● Ms. Marvel No Normal & Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson illustrated byAdrian Alphona & Jacob Wyatt
● Muslim Girls Rise: Inspirational Champions of Our Time by Saira Mir illustrated by Aaliya Jaleel
● Neither This Nor That by Aliya Husain
● No Ordinary Day by George Green
● No True Believers by Rabiah York Lumbard
● Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh
● Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices edited by S.K. Ali and Aisha Saeed
● Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
● Peeper and the Peeping Boy by Ayesha Marfani illustrated by Aisha Aamir
● Piece by Afshan Malik
● Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin’s Hijab by Priya Huq
● Power Forward: Zayd Saleem, Chasing the Dream by Hena Khan illustrated by Sally Wern Comport
● Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
● Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf
● Running Overload by Jake Maddox illustrated by Tina Francisco
● Sadia by Colleen Nelson
● Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali
● Salaam, with Love by Sara Sharaf Beg
● Satoko and Nada 1 by Yupechika
● Saving Kabul Corner by N.H. Senzai
● Shadow Magic by Joshua Khan illustrated by Ben Hibon
● Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
● She Wore Red Trainers by Nai’ma B. Robert
● Shooting Kabul By N.H. Senzai
● Show Yourself by Adeeba Jafri
● Six Truths and a Lie by Ream Shukairy
● Sophia’s Journal by Najiyah Diana Maxfield
● Squire by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas
● Sunbolt by Intisar Khanani
● Sway with Me by Syed M. Masood
● Ten Things I hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah
● That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story by Huda Fahmy
● The Awakening of Malcolm X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz and Tiffany D. Jackson
● The Battle by Karuna Riazi
● The Bird and the Blade by Megan Bannen
● The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf illustrated by Pipa Curnick
● Saviors of the Islamic Spirit -Hassan Ali Nadawi
● Muhammad the Last Prophet: A Model for All Time -Hassan Ali Nadawi
● The Autobiography of Malcolm X
● Road to Mecca - Muhammad Asad
● Stars in the Prophet's Orbit
● The Battle for Home - Marwa al-Sabouni
● With the Heart in Mind - Sh. Mikael Smith
● The Emperor who Never Was
● The Early Hour -Pickthall
● Veiled Women - Pickthall
● With the Turk in Wartime - Pickthall
● The Black Crusade - Pickthall
● The Legend of Hayy ibn Yaqzan - Ibn Tufail
● Blood of The Levant: Ichor Heart - Abdullah Yousef
● Saviors of the Islamic Spirit -Hassan Ali Nadawi
● Muhammad the Last Prophet: A Model for All Time -Hassan Ali Nadawi
● The Autobiography of Malcolm X
● Road to Mecca - Muhammad Asad