Barakah Beats Juvenile Fiction Diversity & Multicultural Social Themes - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism • 2006 Illinois Monarch K-3

• 2006 Illinois Monarch K-3 Children's Choice AW ML long-listed

author Christianne Jones captures the excitement of the theater and the beauty of the ballerinas onstage

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Barakah Beats Juvenile Fiction Diversity & Multicultural Social Themes - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism • 2006 Illinois Monarch K-3"This book about friendship and faith absolutely sings." Buzzfeed Perfect for fans of The First Rule of Punk or Save Me a Seat, this is a sweet, powerful, and joyous novel about a girl who finds her voice on her own terms. Twelve year old Nimra Sharif has spent her whole life in Islamic school, but now it's time to go to "real school." Nimra's nervous, but as long as she has Jenna, her best friend who already goes to the public school, she figures she