Hello everyone! We are so excited to announce the tour schedule for Sisters Alone by Shifa Saltagi Safadi.
September 7th
More Books Please blog – Promotional Post
Mx. Phoebe’s Viewpoint – Review, Favorite Quotes
September 8th
Bookcrushin – Promotional Post
Ilovebooksandstuffblog – Promotional Post
September 9th
The Brave Bookshelf with Kim Bartosch – Promotional Post, Tik Tok
September 10th
Boys’ Mom Reads! – Review
September 11th
unconventionalquirkybibliophile – Mood Board
September 12th
Lia Anshar’s Honest Pages – Review
September 13th
the nutty bookworm reads alot – Review
September 7th
morebookspleaseblog – Promotional Post
mxphoebesviewpoint – Review, Favorite Quotes
onemused – Promotional Post
September 8th
diamondxgirl – Promotional Post
ilovebooksandstuffblog – Promotional Post
rickys_radical_reads – Promotional Post
September 9th
kimbartosch – Promotional Post
lia.anshar – Review
September 10th
avainbookland – Review
September 11th
quirkybibliophile – Mood Board
mrs.brasingtonreads – Review
September 12th
therearenobadbooks – Review
mama_coffee_books_cardigans – Promotional Post
September 13th
bookswithmana – Promotional Post
meghenslittlelibrary – Creative post
Genre: Middle Grade, Mystery
Publishing date: September 8, 2026
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Rep: Syrian-American, Muslim, Anxiety
Synopsis:
From the National Book Award–winning 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 fire—fierce, quick to anger, and trying to hold her family together while battling the monster of intrusive thoughts. Leena is all ice—quiet, numbed to the vibrancy of the world, as she silently blames herself for their mother’s 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, they’re left without power, without food, without shelter—and 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 bachelor’s 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.
