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41) A girl like that
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sixteen-year-old half-Hindu/half-Parsi Zarin Wadia is the class troublemaker and top subject for the school rumor blogs, regularly leaving class to smoke cigarettes in cars with boys, but she also desperately wants to grow up and move out of her aunt and uncle's house, perhaps realizing too late that Porus, another non-Muslim Indian who risks deportation but remains devoted to Zarin, could help her escape. When the two end...
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Saudi Arabian Heritage in the Celebrating Diversity in My Classroom series explores the geography, languages, religions, food, and culture of Saudi Arabia in a fun age-appropriate way. Students with Saudi Arabian heritage are a significant and important part of the fabric of America and this book helps foster empathy in all students and a multi-cultural community in the classroom. Glossary, index, and additional backmatter aids further learning.
48) Saudi Arabia
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Saudi Arabia. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
In this debut YA friendship story set in Saudi Arabia, two girls navigate typical teen issues--crushes, college, family expectations, future hopes, and dreams. Sixteen-year-olds Leena and Mishie are best friends. They delight in small rebellions against the Saudi cultural police--secret Western clothing, forbidden music, flirtations. But Leena wants college, independence--she wants a different life. Though her story is specific to her world (a world...
52) Finding Nouf
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
53) Day of wrath
Author
Series
Peter Thorn and Helen Gray volume 2
Language
English
Description
A plane carrying an American arms inspection team mysteriously falls out of the sky. A senior U.S. diplomat is daringly assassinated. These are but warning shots to the most devastating terrorist conspiracy ever, conceived and paid for by a cunning Saudi prince who is one of the world's richest men. Burning across Russia, Europe, then home to America itself, the plot threatens to ignite in a single, apocalyptic millisecond. Only two operatives have...
Author
Series
Evliya Çelebi's book of travels volume 6
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Author
Series
International comparative social studies volume Volume 32
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Windsor-Brooke Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of Princess Sultana and her struggle for identity in a male-dominated culture, and reveals the practices of arranged marriage and sexual abuse of Saudi Arabian women.
Author
Series
Routledge studies in political Islam volume 4
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
