Amal Unbound
A New York Times Bestseller!
Amal has big dreams, until a nightmarish encounter . . .
Twelve-year-old Amal's dream of becoming a teacher one day is dashed in an instant when she accidentally insults a member of her Pakistani village's ruling family. As punishment for her behavior, she is forced to leave her heartbroken family behind and go work at their estate.
Amal is distraught but has faced setbacks before. So she summons her courage and begins navigating the complex rules of life as a servant, with all its attendant jealousies and pecking-order woes. Most troubling, though, is Amal's increasing awareness of the deadly measures the Khan family will go to in order to stay in control. It's clear that their hold over…
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January 7, 2020Aisha Saeed (AishaSaeed.com) is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of books for children, including her middle grade novels Omar Rising and Amal Unbound (a New York Times bestseller and Global Read Aloud). Her picture book Bilal Cooks Daal received an APALA honor, and she also wrote the picture books Zuni and the Memory Jar and The Together Tree. Aisha is also a founding member of the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books™. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her family.
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The Matchmaker
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Zuni and the Memory Jar
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Forty Words for Love
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Omar Rising
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She Persisted: Malala Yousafzai
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Diana and the Underworld Odyssey
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Diana and the Journey to the Unknown
Aisha Saeed
Diana and the Island of No Return
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Amal Unbound
Aisha Saeed