BISMIILLAH AL-RAHMAN AL-RAHIM
Reviewing Children & YA Islamic Fiction, Books by Muslim Authors, & Books Featuring Muslim Characters
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The Steinway Seven: A Novel by Badees Nouiouat
This 308 page book is classified as a YA read for content, but it plays out in dual points of view by adults. Years ago I would have classified it as, “Islamic fiction,” but those lines have been blurred in recent years, and the author mercifully doesn’t get overly preachy or didactic with the ample Islamic references and framing- it is who the characters are, or strive to be, and part of their world. I’ll admit by the fourth chapter, I was nervous. The author does not shy away from positioning his characters in rough spots from the get go:…
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Mission Memorise: The Twins’ Hifdh Quest by Quranic Tarbiyah
This 145 page full colored nonfiction book, uses a fictionalized story to cover some important concepts and topics to consider, work through, and be inspired by in a child’s hifdh journey. A mix of story, information, comic style panels, pull out boxes and every font in the system, gives this 8 inch by 5.5 inch book a lot of visual appeal to readers and fulfills an important gap in our literary options. I’m not entirely sure how best to utilize the book aimed at 8 year olds and up, I don’t know if handing it to any child to read…
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The Lustrous Dark by Loretta Chefchaouni
Parts of this 368 page YA fantasy were gripping and impossible to put down, other parts slow and disjointed making the book hard to pick back up. The book almost seems to function in acts, with the first act being the midwife premise, the second act in the forest with the campy/creepy version of the seven dwarfs and a vampire, and the third being the rushed climax of what presumably is the plot that will carry into the second book in the duology. The choppiness and inconsistent pacing made me feel like the world building at times took over the…
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