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Sadia by Colleen Nelson

Sadia

Colleen Nelson

Dundurn Press · Paperback · February 3, 2018

Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award — Winner, Young Adult • High Plains Book Award — Winner, Young Adult • Red Maple Fiction Award — Shortlisted • Snow Willow Award — Shortlisted Sadia wishes life in high school was as straightforward as a game of basketball.

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Who it’s for
A focused young athlete faces a choice that reaches beyond the basketball court.
Genres
Basketball, Muslim YA, Immigration for Teens
Published
Dundurn Press, February 3, 2018

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Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award — Winner, Young Adult • High Plains Book Award — Winner, Young Adult • Red Maple Fiction Award — Shortlisted • Snow Willow Award — Shortlisted Sadia wishes life in high school was as straightforward as a game of basketball. Fifteen-year-old Sadia Ahmadi is passionate about one thing: basketball.

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Her best friend Mariam, on the other hand, wants to get noticed by the popular crowd and has started de-jabbing, removing her hijab, at school every morning. Sadia’s mom had warned her that navigating high school could be tricky. As much as she hates to admit it, her mom was right. When tryouts for an elite basketball team are announced, Sadia jumps at the opportunity. Her talent speaks for itself. Her head scarf, on the other hand, is a problem; especially when a discriminatory rule means she has to choose between removing her hijab and not playing. Mariam, Sadia’s parents, and her teammates all have different opinions about what she should do. But it is Sadia who has to find the courage to stand up for herself and fight for what is right — on and off the court.

Off-Court Choices

A focused young athlete faces a choice that reaches beyond the basketball court.

Come here for

  • Basketball ambition tangled with friendship and high-school pressures
  • A conflict over hijab, belonging, and the chance to play

Expect

  • School friendships shaped by different ideas about fitting in
  • A young woman finding the courage to speak up

Where it sits

Basketball72%
Muslim YA72%
Immigration for Teens33%

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Publisher categories

  • Muslim YA
  • Basketball
Authors
Colleen Nelson
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Published
February 3, 2018
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Muslim YA