Pig-Heart Boy

Antoinette

Ruby on the Outside

King and the Dragonflies

Red Butterfly

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond

The Monster in the Hollows

The Christmas Eve Ghost

This story about a Muslim girl bound by traditional Islamic customs but who yearns for something more explores women’s rights, freedom, religion, and identity.
 
In the Libyan city of Ghadames, Malika watches her merchant father depart on one of his caravan expeditions. She too yearns to travel to distant cities, and longs to learn to read like her younger brother. But nearly 12 years old, and soon to be of marriagable age, Malika knows that—like all Muslim women—she must be content with a more secluded, more limited life. Then one night a stranger enters her home . . . someone who disrupts the traditional order of things—and who affects Malika in unexpected ways.

“I was enchanted by this story of a brave Berber girl who dares to dream and its filigree of details about harem life, ancient trade routes, goddesses and healers. The real beauty of  The Shadows of Ghadames  is that it transcends the exotic to explore universal truths about the condition of being human.”— Suzanne Fisher Staples, author of the Newbery Honor Book  Daughter of the Wind

* “Stolz invigorates her tale with elegant prose and a deft portrayal of a girl verging on adolescence. The vivid backdrop is intoxicating, but the story’s universal concerns will touch readers most.”— Booklist , Starred

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Pig-Heart Boy

Malorie Blackman, 1997

Antoinette

Kelly Dipucchio, Christian Robinson, 2017

Ruby on the Outside

Nora Raleigh Baskin, 2015

King and the Dragonflies

Kacen Callender, 2020

Red Butterfly

A.L. Sonnichsen, 2015

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond

Brenda Woods, 2014

The Monster in the Hollows

Andrew Peterson, Justin Peterson, Justin Gerard, 2011

The Christmas Eve Ghost

Shirley Hughes, 2010