Books by Farhana Zia and Complete Book Reviews
Farhana Zia. Peachtree, $15.95 (192p) ISBN 978-1-56145-698-7
Aliya is an Indian-American Muslim preteen trying to make her way through school and life, riding the various divides between the conservative and liberal interpretations of her religion, standing up to the school bully, working up the nerve to talk
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Farhana Zia. Peachtree, $16.95 (192p) ISBN 978-1-56145-904-9
Basanta, an Indian girl balanced on the edge of childhood and young adulthood, narrates Zia’s second novel (after The Garden of My Imaan) with a vivacious voice. She lives in a hut in a small village with her parents and younger sister, begrudgingly
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Farhana Zia, illus. by Stephanie Fizer Coleman. Peachtree, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-68263-129-4
Zia (Child of Spring) dives right into this buoyant tale, which draws its energy from folktale-like storytelling and lots of chatter. Lali, an Indian girl with a long black braid, finds a feather and asks the neighborhood birds one by one if it’s...
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