Hello everyone! We are so excited to announce the tour schedule for Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi.
September 9th
Boys’ Mom Reads! – Promotional Post
September 10th
Stuck in Fiction – Interview
September 11th
Jen Jen Reviews – Review
September 12th
the nutty bookworm reads alot – Review
September 13th
therearenobadbooks – Review, Journal Spread
September 14th
The Book Dutchesses – Interview
September 9th
onemused – Promotional Post
September 10th
monikasbookblog – Review
artxsouls – Promotional Post
September 11th
meghenslittlelibrary – Promotional Post, Creative Post: Little Free Library Drop
jenjenreviews – Content Creator’s Choice
September 12th
bookdemonio – Promotional Post
September 13th
library_teacher – Promotional Post
therearenobadbooks – Content Creator’s Choice
September 14th
hooked.on.books.and.cookies – Review, Favorite Quotes
September 15th
ninebookishlives – Promotional Post
callistoscalling – Review, Mood Board
Genre: Middle Grade Contemporary
Publishing date: September 10th, 2024
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Rep: Arab and Muslim rep, immigration/refugee rep
Synopsis:
This heartfelt coming-of-age novel in verse tells the powerful story of a seventh grade Syrian-American boy and his struggles, big and small, as he navigates middle-school.Seventh grade begins and Kareem’s fall should be off to a great start. But he’s already fumbled it. His best friend moved away, he bungled his tryout for the football team, and because of his heritage, he was voluntold to show the new kid – a Syrian refugee with a thick and embarrassing accent – around school. Just when Kareem thinks his middle school life has imploded, the hot-shot QB promises to get Kareem another tryout for the squad. There’s a to secure that chance, Kareem must do something he knows is wrong.Then like a surprise blitz, Kareem’s mom returns to Syria to bring her aging parents out of a war zone and to the United States. But a new executive order prevents her from coming home. If Kareem could throw a penalty flag on the fouls of his school and home life, it would be for Unnecessary Roughness. Kareem is stuck between. Between countries. Between friends, between football, between parents—and between right and wrong. It’s up to him to step up, find his confidence, and navigate the beauty and hope found somewhere in the middle.
Content Warning: grief (specifically grandparent passing), islamaphobia
Shifa Saltagi Safadi was born in Syria and immigrated to the US with her parents when she was a young girl. She is a bilingual Arabic/English speaker, and is very familiar with the challenges of learning English and navigating two languages.
As a mom to four Arab American children and an English teacher to Middle School students, (and an author!) she now spends her time helping kids develop a love of reading and writing too.
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