Hello everyone! We are so happy and excited to announce the tour for Sisters Alone by Shifa Saltagi Safadi. We have limited physical copies available for US residents and digital copies (Netgalley) for anyone in the US, Canada or International.


Genre: Middle Grade, Mystery
Publishing date: September 8, 2026
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Rep: Syrian-American, Muslim, Anxiety
Synopsis:
From the National Book Awardโwinning author of Kareem Between comes a powerful novel in verse about two sisters trapped in a blizzard in a heart-wrenching story of sisterhood and survival.
Two sisters. One storm. A fight for their lives.
Rama is all fireโfierce, quick to anger, and trying to hold her family together while battling the monster of intrusive thoughts. Leena is all iceโquiet, numbed to the vibrancy of the world, as she silently blames herself for their motherโs death.
When their father must travel for work, a sudden blizzard traps the sisters alone at their rural home. As the storm tears through their house, theyโre left without power, without food, without shelterโand with no one to rely on but each other.
Told in powerful, poetic verse, Sisters Alone is a heart-stopping story of sisterhood, survival, and the quiet strength it takes to keep going, even when the world feels like it’s falling apart.
Content Warning: death of a parent, hospitalization, medical content, hypothermia, grief, anxiety, panic attack


Shifa Saltagi Safadi is the National Book Award Winning author of Kareem Between, the Amina Banana series, and several picture books, including The Gift of Eid.
Shifa 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.
Shifa has a bachelorโs degree in English literature, is a former English teacher, and is a former reviewer of Muslim books on her blog, Muslim Mommy Blog.
She is passionate about spreading a love of reading to children through fun storytimes and engaging school visits.
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