All-American Muslim Girl Nadine Jolie Courtney

All-American Muslim Girl

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Book Title
All-American Muslim Girl
Author
Nadine Jolie Courtney
ISBN
9780374309527
A Kirkus Best Book of 2019 Nadine Jolie Courtney's All-American Muslim Girl is a relevant, relatable story of being caught between two worlds, and the struggles and hard-won joys of finding your place. Allie Abraham has it all going for her--she's a straight-A student, with good friends and a close-knit family, and she's dating popular, sweet Wells Henderson. One problem: Wells's father is Jack Henderson, America's most famous conservative shock jock, and Allie hasn't told Wells that her family is Muslim. It's not like Allie's religion is a secret. It's just that her parents don't practice, and raised her to keep it to herself. But as Allie witnesses Islamophobia in her small town and across the nation, she decides to embrace her faith--study, practice it, and even face misunderstanding for it. Who is Allie, if she sheds the fa ade of the "perfect" all-American girl?Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Nadine Jolie CourtneyPublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)Published: 11/12/2019ISBN: 9780374309527Pages: 432Weight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.40dReview Citations: Booklist 10/01/2019 pg. 74Publishers Weekly 09/30/2019Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2019 pg. 112Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2019 - Recommended - Better Than MostBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2019 - Book Of Special DistinctionSchool Library Journal 10/01/2019 pg. 85Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 506309 / All-American Muslim GirlReading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 13

A Kirkus Best Book of 2019

Nadine Jolie Courtney's All-American Muslim Girl is a relevant, relatable story of being caught between two worlds, and the struggles and hard-won joys of finding your place.

Allie Abraham has it all going for her--she's a straight-A student, with good friends and a close-knit family, and she's dating popular, sweet Wells Henderson. One problem: Wells's father is Jack Henderson, America's most famous conservative shock jock, and Allie hasn't told Wells that her family is Muslim. It's not like Allie's religion is a secret. It's just that her parents don't practice, and raised her to keep it to herself.

But as Allie witnesses Islamophobia in her small town and across the nation, she decides to embrace her faith--study, practice it, and even face misunderstanding for it. Who is Allie, if she sheds the fa ade of the "perfect" all-American girl?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Nadine Jolie Courtney
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 11/12/2019
ISBN: 9780374309527
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.40d

Review Citations: Booklist 10/01/2019 pg. 74
Publishers Weekly 09/30/2019
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2019 pg. 112
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2019 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2019 - Book Of Special Distinction
School Library Journal 10/01/2019 pg. 85

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 506309 / All-American Muslim Girl
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 13

A Kirkus Best Book of 2019

Nadine Jolie Courtney's All-American Muslim Girl is a relevant, relatable story of being caught between two worlds, and the struggles and hard-won joys of finding your place.

Allie Abraham has it all going for her--she's a straight-A student, with good friends and a close-knit family, and she's dating popular, sweet Wells Henderson. One problem: Wells's father is Jack Henderson, America's most famous conservative shock jock, and Allie hasn't told Wells that her family is Muslim. It's not like Allie's religion is a secret. It's just that her parents don't practice, and raised her to keep it to herself.

But as Allie witnesses Islamophobia in her small town and across the nation, she decides to embrace her faith--study, practice it, and even face misunderstanding for it. Who is Allie, if she sheds the fa ade of the "perfect" all-American girl?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Nadine Jolie Courtney
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 11/12/2019
ISBN: 9780374309527
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.40d

Review Citations: Booklist 10/01/2019 pg. 74
Publishers Weekly 09/30/2019
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2019 pg. 112
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2019 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2019 - Book Of Special Distinction
School Library Journal 10/01/2019 pg. 85

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 506309 / All-American Muslim Girl
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 13