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Call Me Adnan
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Publisher: Bound to Stay Bound Books
Published: Jun 13 2023
Pages: 303
Language: English
An emotional tale of a family's grief and healing, full of courage and hope --Kirkus Reviews
Faruqi renders this tender story of loss with a deft hand, employing vivid details surrounding Adnan's Pakistani Muslim identity . . . and nuanced characterizations to present a tear-jerking ode to family. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A realistic, moving exploration of family, loss, and healing. --ALA Booklist
Faruqi takes on the difficult subject of family loss with beauty and grace in her gentle, lyrical style. She allows Adnan, a young table tennis enthusiast, to go through grief while holding not just sadness but love and joy, in an honest and nuanced story that is ultimately filled with hope. --Veera Hiranandani, Newbery Honor author of The Night Diary
For fans of Planet Omar and The Ethan I Was Before, award-winning Pakistani author Reem Faruqi of Unsettled delivers a middle grade novel in verse about table tennis player Adnan, who dreams of the championship and a fun-filled family trip to Florida. But when tragedy strikes, he and his family must cope with a terrible loss and come together as one again. This poignant story about a Muslim family learning to heal is hope-filled and moving.
Adnan Zakir loves table tennis. He's also colorblind and left-handed and has a fondness for the aviation alphabet. He's super close with his sister, Aaliyah, who is a great dancer and memorizer of the Quran, and he loves his little toddler brother, Rizwan, who only wants to grow up and play table tennis like his big brother.
All Adnan dreams of is making it to the Ultimate Table Tennis Championship in Florida, and if he qualifies for the tournament, he knows he will get to spend the Eid holiday with his cousins. But when the family travels there, unthinkable tragedy strikes, and Adnan swears he'll never play table tennis ever again. Slowly, he and his family must learn to make peace and move forward, as a family.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
A Cybils Finalist Award for Poetry!
A Louisiana Readers' Choice Awards nominee!
A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year and noted for outstanding merit!
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