In the late 1970s, Ziad Idilbi, a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon, marries Salma, a Lebanese refugee escaping the war in Beirut. Resolving to start over for the very last time, the couple opens a corner store in Toledo, Ohio, across from the General Motors factory, where Toledo’s Arab community intermingles with the working class. Over the decades, whether it’s bigotry (pre- and post-9/11), financial ruin, or terminal illness, the Idilbis find themselves on life’s outskirts, attempting to...

The house beckons you inside. Do you enter?A dance to the death. A monstrous girl who lures people into dark water. A hallway that’s constantly changing—and hungry. All these stories exist within a house unbound from the laws of time and space.From the attic, to the library, to the grounds, each chilling story in this anthology focuses on a different area of the haunted house and features unique takes on monsters from a wide array of cultural traditions. Whether it’s a tric...

One week.One prize.Seven really weird challenges.The kids at Benjamin Banneker College Prep are a little … competitive. Okay.They’re A LOT competitive.The minute Principal Yee announces an epic competition for the golden B-B trophy, seventh-grader Frederick Douglass Zezzmer knows he has to win.But it won’t be easy. The competition doesn’t just include science, technology, engineering and math. It also has arts and sports. Not Doug’s best subjec...

Marriage is a natural developmental stage for most adults but the process of getting married and achieving a successful, long-lasting marriage can be fraught with challenges for Muslims in North America.The authors, Salma Elkadi Abugideiri and Imam Mohamed Hag Magid, present a unique approach that reflects 40 years of combined experience in counseling couples. Mohamed Hag Magid is a prominent imam at one of the largest mosques in the US, and Salma Elkadi Abugideiri...

Disillusioned by narrow theologies, church dysfunction, and constricted readings of Scripture, people are leaving Christianity in droves. But Jesus describes the reign of God as a house with many rooms, writes Debie Thomas, one of the most auspicious voices in religious writing today. In this work of sprawling spiritual and literary imagination, Thomas claims that wherever God dwells, there is expansiveness and belonging.Thomas knows what a cramped faith feels like, what it's like ...

A touching picture book about moving neighborhoods in the midst of Eid preparations, Cookies and Crescents explores how traditions can evolve when we embrace the possibilities of new beginnings, perfect for fans of Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away and Amira’s Picture DayReem doesn’t want to leave her home in the city, to move far away from her community and ...

A collection of short stories moving through time and place, exploring the spaces where we haunt each other and ourselves through our choices, our institutions, and our dreams.Adam Soto, author of the debut novel This Weightless World, which Robin Sloan called “the social novel for the 21st century,” returns with Concerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep.In the title story, a one-armed Harlem Hellfighter goes in search of his specially altered military uniform while Influenza...

A compelling YA anthology from editors Dahlia Adler and Jennifer Iacopelli about the trials and triumphs of girls in sports.A Kid's Indie Next Pick!A Junior Library Guild Selection!A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year!Ambition. Drive. Determination. Talent. Courage. Teamwork.Every athlete knows what it takes to win. But for players who are teen girls, the stakes a...

A comprehensive guide to understanding and accessing the Akasha and exploring how ancient wisdom can be integrated into modern life to awaken inner potential as well as foster spiritual growth, self-improvement, and an expansion of your understanding of the world.The Akasha is essentially the energetic field that contains everything—every thought, action, emotion, memory, and experience. Imagine it as the universe’s hard drive, where every bit of information is sto...

Ida, a Palestinian-American girl, eats a magic olive that takes her to the life she might have had in her parents' village near Jerusalem. An important coming of age story that explores identity, place, voice, and belonging.Every time violence erupts in the Middle East, Ida knows what's coming next. Some of her classmates treat her like it's all her fault—just for being Palestinian! In eighth grade, Ida is forced to move to a different school. But people still trea...

In the newly revised edition of Cleopatra's Riches, internationally renowned Certified Financial Planner and financial educator, Martha Adams, reveals a transformative new way to think and feel about, and engage with, money. She offers a fresh, human-centered approach that puts you at the heart of your own personalized financial journey.This book is the key to regaining your financial power and redefining your emotional relationship with money. You'll rediscover money as a...

Since the brutal attacks of October 7, 2023, the Gaza strip—home to over 2 million Palestinians—has once again become a critical flashpoint in the Middle East. As the world looks on in horror at the renewal of intense violence between Hamas and Israel, Gazans are engulfed by a humanitarian and security crisis that shows no signs of abating. How did Gaza become the site of such devastation? And what does the future hold for this small strip of land?In this urgent book, Julie M. Norm...