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26 produkter
Häftad, Engelska, 1900
162 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2023, 12-15 år
186 kr
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From chudails and peris to jinn and goddesses, this lush collection of South Asian folklore, myths, and legends reimagines stories of old for a modern audience.This fantasy and science fiction teen anthology edited by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra contains a wide range of diverse stories from fourteen bestselling, award-winning, and emerging writers from the South Asian diaspora that will surprise, delight, and move you. So read on, for after all, magic has no borders.A pair of star-crossed lovers search for a way back to one another against all odds . . .A girl fights for her life against a malignant, generations-old evil . . .A peri seeks to reclaim her lost powers . . .A warrior rebels against her foretold destiny . . .With stories by:Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Ember in the Ashes series and winner of the National Book Award and Printz Award for All My RageSayantani DasGupta, New York Times bestselling author of the Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond seriesPreeti Chhibber, author of Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma Sona Charaipotra, author of Symptoms of a Heartbreak and How Maya Got Fierce and coauthor of The Rumor Game and Tiny Pretty Things, now a Netflix original series.Tanaz Bhathena, award-winning author of Hunted by the Sky and Of Light and Shadow Sangu Mandanna, bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and the Celestial TrilogyOlivia Chadha, author of Rise of the Red HandNafiza Azad, author of William C. Morris Award nominee The Candle and the FlameTracey Baptiste, New York Times bestselling author of the Jumbies series and Minecraft: The CrashNaz Kutub, author of The LoopholeNikita Gill, bestselling author of Wild Embers and Fierce FairytalesSwati Teerdhala, author of the Tiger at Midnight trilogyShreya Ila Anasuya, New Voices selectionTahir Abrar, New Voices selectionA New York Public Library Best Book of the Year for Teens 2023!
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025, 12-15 år
186 kr
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From New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra comes this uplifting contemporary teen anthology celebrating South Asian stories and writers. From first crushes to first heartbreaks, complicated family dynamics to community relationships, this powerful short story collection explores race, class, culture, language, and the very idea of home as both a place and a feeling.Edited by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra and featuring some of the most acclaimed, bestselling South Asian authors writing for teens today—this is an essential collection of captivating coming-of-age stories about what it means to be South Asian.With stories by:Anuradha D. Rajurkar, award-winning author of American BetiyaFatimah Asghar, author of If They Come for Us and cocreator behind the Emmy-nominated miniseries Brown GirlsJasmin Kaur, celebrated author of When You Ask Me Where I’m Going and If I Tell You the TruthNavdeep Singh Dhillon, author of Sunny G’s Series of Rash DecisionsNikesh Shukla, acclaimed author of Coconut Unlimited; The One Who Wrote Destiny; Run, Riot; The Boxer; and Stand UpNisha Sharma, celebrated author of My So-Called Bollywood Life, Radha and Jai’s Recipe for Romance, and The Karma MapRajani LaRocca, Newbery Honor–winning author of Red, White, and WholeSamira Ahmed, New York Times bestselling author of Love, Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know, Hollow Fires, and the Amira & Hamza middle grade duology,Sheba Karim, award-winning author of Skunk Girl, That Thing We Call a Heart, Mariam Sharma Hits the Road, and The Marvelous Mirza GirlsTanuja Desai Hidier, critically acclaimed author of Born Confused and Bombay BluesSarah Mughal Rana, author of Hope Ablaze Tanya Boteju, author of Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens and BruisedTashie Bhuiyan, author of Counting Down with You, A Show for Two, and Stay with My HeartVeera Hiranandani, Newbery Honor–winning author of The Night Diary, How to Find What You’re Not Looking For, and Amil and the AfterKanwalroop SinghRekha KuverPraise for Magic Has No Borders:A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year for Teens 2023!“This anthology pushes the boundaries of fantasy, drawing on a broad range of settings, figures, and tales from South Asian religions, mythologies, and history...engrossing, and entertaining.” —Kirkus Reviews"This collection of short stories featuring South Asian characters and magic fills a void while celebrating culture and genre. As short story collections go, this strong selection featuring South Asian characters is joyous and original. Add it to the shelf." —School Library Journal"Editors Ahmed and Charaipotra have gathered a host of South Asian authors and illustrators to create a marvelous anthology, with fourteen fantasy and science fiction stories that deeply explore legends, myths, and historical events, all reimagined from different regions and cultures in the South Asian diaspora. Readers will indeed find magic within this breadth of stories." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
254 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
264 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2020
209 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
273 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2025
209 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
273 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2027
209 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2027
278 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2019
133 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'Samira has created a chilling, powerful, all-too-real near future that's a must-read for everyone's TBR'Karen M. McManus, author of One Of Us Is Lying'A must-read . . . A heart-rending and all-too credible tale of sacrifice, the ugly face of authority and the courage of youth' Sunday Times' Children's Book of the Month'A tremendous novel' the GuardianRebellions are built on hope.Set in a horrifying 'fifteen minutes in the future' United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin is forced into an internment camp for Muslim-Americans along with her parents.With the help of newly-made friends also trapped within the camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the internment camp's Director and his guards.Heart-racing and emotional, Internment questions the imaginary boundaries that separate us and challenges readers to fight the complicit silence that exists in our society today.'Chillingly plausible' Financial Times'If you enjoyed The Hate U Give, this should be at the top of your TBR pile' -- Culturefly
Häftad, Engelska, 2020, 12-15 år
133 kr
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It is August in Paris and budding art historian Khayyam should be having the time of her life - but even in the City of Lights she can't stop worrying about the mess she left back home in Chicago. Only when she meets a cute young Parisian - who happens to be a distant relative of the novelist Alexandre Dumas - do things start to get interesting, as she starts to unveil the story of a 19th century Muslim woman whose path may have intersected with Dumas, Eugène Delacroix and Lord Byron.Two hundred years earlier in the Ottoman empire, Leila is the most favoured woman in the Pasha's harem. Her position is meant to be coveted; but she is struggling to survive as she fights to keep her true love hidden from her jealous captor.Echoing across centuries, as Khayyam uncovers the scintillating truth of Leila's long-forgotten life, her own destiny is transformed forever.
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
133 kr
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'Powerful, timely and relentlessly compelling. HOLLOW FIRES burns brightly with Samira Ahmed's trademark blend of thought-provoking social relevance, heartfelt coming-of-age and whip-smart plotting' Karen McManus, author of ONE OF US IS LYINGSafiya Mirza dreams of becoming a journalist. One thing she's learned as editor of her school newspaper is that a journalist's job is to find the facts and not let personal bias affect the story: but that changes the day she discovers Jawad.Jawad Ali was just fourteen when a teacher saw him wearing a cosplay jetpack and mistook it for a bomb. A mistake that got Jawad arrested, labelled a terrorist - 'Bomb Boy' - and eventually killed. But who was the young boy behind the headlines? With Jawad's haunting voice guiding her throughout her investigation, Safiya seeks to tell the whole truth about the murdered boy and those who killed him.A powerful story of our times, Hollow Fires exposes the evil that hides in plain sight and the silent complicity of privileged bystanders who use alternative facts to bend the truth to their liking.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024, 12-15 år
130 kr
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'Blazes with searing honesty and unflinching emotional truth' Becky Albertalli, award-winning author of SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDAFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspense novel about book banning, activism, and standing up for what you believe in.'Reading is dangerous because it shows us the truth. Words give us power; that's why some adults want to silence us'Noor Khan is the new girl at school. Moving to the tiny town of Bayberry with her mother and sister after their family life is upended, she's determined to keep her head down and make it through her final year, unnoticed.While hiding out in her school library, Noor notices that hundreds of books are being removed from the shelves and boxed up: a new school policy banning books that parents object to. Worse, almost all the books being targeted are by queer and BIPOC authors. Outraged, Noor and her new friends decide to read some of the banned books out loud to their classmates, to protest this new policy at school. But in Bayberry, trouble is never far behind. Can Noor effect change by speaking up, while navigating the politics of small-town life? And can she trust the son of the school board president, who she finds herself falling for?'Rings with truth and hope' Joanna Ho, bestselling author of THE SILENCE THAT BINDS US
Häftad, Engelska, 2025, 12-15 år
121 kr
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'Hilarious and heart-wrenching, romantic and searching... a poetic, deeply profound exploration of the multiverses we inhabit' - Libba Bray, New York Times bestselling author of the DIVINERS series'Addictive, inventive, and sometimes chilling... One of the most original YAs I've read in years' - Melissa Albert, New York Times bestselling author of the HAZEL WOOD seriesAria Patel believes in facts. She likes stability, certainty, predictability. It's why she's so into science. And it's why she dumped her boyfriend Rohan, before they went to different colleges - the odds were that something would go wrong eventually. Unlike love, science is something you can count on.But there's no scientific explanation when Aria suddenly finds herself falling through parallel universes. And there's no formula to explain how she keeps meeting Rohan in every new universe she falls into.After being ripped away from her world seconds before a tragedy occurs, Aria is left with two mindbending, physics-defying conudrums - can she navigate the multiverse and get home to save her family? And will she break one of her own rules to survive the multiverse, and fall in love?New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed is back with a whirlwind, star-crossing second-chance romance that explores the very nature of self, and what it means to love someone across the universe.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
397 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
397 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
217 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2018
109 kr
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019A romantic and relevant debut about Islamophobia and how it affects the normal life of a teenage girl. Maya Aziz dreams of being a film maker in New York. Her family have other ideas. They want her to be a dutiful daughter who wears gold jewellery and high heels and trains to be a doctor. But jewellery and heels are so uncomfortable . . . She's also caught between the guy she SHOULD like and the guy she DOES like. But she doesn't want to let Kareem down and things with Phil would never work out anyway. Would they? Then a suicide bomber who shares her last name strikes in a city hundreds of miles away and everything changes . . .Perfect for fans of Annabel Pitcher, WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI and THE HATE U GIVE.
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
118 kr
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Del 2 - Deshis Create
The THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH COLOUR
The Story of the Artist Rana Begum
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
146 kr
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Deshis Create series - Let's explore the lives of celebrated artists of Bangladeshi heritage shaping the creative world. When young Rana moves to London from a small village in Bangladesh, she has to get used to a new life. With no other way to communicate than with her colouring pencils, Rana takes to drawing to express herself. She finds her voice through her art - and a whole new world. This is the story of how Rana Begum became an artist, captivating the world with her fascinating play of colour, light and form.
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
161 kr
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While on a break visiting her cousin in Chicago, Kamala Khan stumbles upon a robbery at a university physics lab... and maybe sets off an explosion of interdimensional proportions in the process. Still, nothing she can't handle. Or so she thinks, until she gets home and finds her whole world turned upside down... and into a Bollywood set?! Why is everyone she knows singing, and how can she make it stop? Collecting Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit 1-5
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
166 kr
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How did a film made to capture a pop phenomenon become an enduring cinematic classic?With warmth, wit and precision, Samira Ahmed reveals how the Beatles’ first film changed both the band themselves and pop music’s relationship with the screen.In a vivid and personal exploration, she shows how this black-and-white gem, shot in a documentary style and brimming with youthful energy, captured Britain at a moment of social transformation, with a portrayal of celebrity, camaraderie and media frenzy that still resonates today. Drawing on her own experience of first discovering the film as a child and going on to work in the television industry, Ahmed shines a spotlight on the craft behind its enduring appeal. With insights from members of the cast and crew, including her own new interviews, Ahmed highlights A Hard Day’s Night’s class and sexual politics, and adds a delightfully original analysis of the women in the film.In these pages you will be transported to a time when four young men from Liverpool, via the mass medium of television, changed the way Britain saw itself and the way the world saw Britain, revealing how, and why, A Hard Day’s Night has become a landmark of modern cinema.
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
181 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2021
113 kr
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Anything is possible.From We Need Diverse Books fifteen award-winning and celebrated diverse authors deliver stories about a princess without need of a prince, a monster long misunderstood, memories that vanish with a spell, and voices that refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice.Alucard and Prince Rhy’s relationship in V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic series is finally revealed, Anna-Marie McLemore gives “Cinderella” a trans retelling, while letters supernaturally cross borders between Gaza and Californiain Tochi Onyebuchi's “Habibi”.Close your eyes. Make a wish. The universe is yours for the taking.