| International Standard Book Number |
9780062972415 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0062972413 (hardcover)
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
23 [Fic]
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| Personal Name |
Mafi, Tahereh author.
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| Title Statement |
An emotion of great delight / Tahereh Mafi.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
?2021
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| Physical Description |
248 p. Hardcover 22 cm
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| Content Type |
rdacontent text txt
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| Media Type |
rdamedia unmediated n
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| Carrier Type |
rdacarrier volume nc
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| Summary, Etc. |
2003: the US has officially declared war on Iraq, and the American political world has evolved. Hate crimes are on the rise, FBI agents are infiltrating local mosques, and the Muslim community is harassed and targeted more than ever. Shadi, who wears hijab, keeps her head down. Her brother is dead, her father is dying, her mother is falling apart, and her best friend has dropped out of her life. And her heart is broken. Shadi devours her own pain, retreating farther inside herself until finally, one day, she explodes. -- adapted from jacket
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| Summary, Etc. |
In the wake of 9/11, Shadi, a child of Muslim immigrants, tries to navigate her crumbling world of death, heartbreak, and bigotry in silence, until finally everything changes.
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| Target Audience Note |
Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Grief Juvenile fiction
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Young adult fiction
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Muslim teenagers Juvenile fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Children of immigrants Juvenile fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Muslim families Juvenile fiction. United States
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Islamophobia Juvenile fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
lcgft Historical fiction
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
lcgft Novels
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