{"title":"S. K. Ali","description":"S. K. Ali is the author of Saints and Misfits, a finalist for the American Library Association's 2018 William C. Morris Award and the winner of the APALA Honor Award and Middle East Book Honor Award; and Love from A to Z, a Today show Read with Jenna Book Club selection. Both novels were named best YA books of the year by various media including Entertainment Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. She is also the author of Misfit in Love and Love from Mecca to Medina. You can find Sajidah online at SKAliBooks.com and follow her on Instagram @SKAliBooks, TikTok @SKAliBooks, and on Twitter @SajidahWrites.","products":[{"product_id":"love-from-a-to-z-hardcover","title":"Love from A to Z - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The bighearted, wildly charming, painfully real love story I've been waiting for.\" --Becky Albertalli, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom William C. Morris Award Finalist S.K. Ali comes a \"heartfelt and powerful\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) romance that's \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Is Also a Star\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eAnna and the French Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e, following two Muslim teens who meet during a spring break trip.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes--because they make French fries happen. Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn oddity: whatever gives you pause. Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Like Zayneb's teacher, who won't stop reminding the class how \"bad\" Muslims are. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn't bad. She's \u003ci\u003eangry\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt's house in Doha, Qatar, for an early start to spring break. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFueled by the guilt of getting her friends in trouble, she resolves to try out a newer, \"nicer\" version of herself in a place where no one knows her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen her path crosses with Adam's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince he got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November, Adam's stopped going to classes, intent, instead, on perfecting the making of things. Intent on keeping the memory of his mom alive for his little sister. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdam's also intent on keeping his diagnosis a secret from his grieving father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlone, Adam and Zayneb are playing roles for others, keeping their real thoughts locked away in their journals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil a marvel \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e an oddity occurs... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarvel: Adam and Zayneb meeting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOddity: Adam and Zayneb meeting.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515327844575,"sku":"9781534442726","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/pU_6_CfHep9781534442726.webp?v=1783066140"},{"product_id":"love-from-mecca-to-medina-paperback","title":"Love from Mecca to Medina - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the trip of a lifetime, Adam and Zayneb must find their way back to each other in this surprising and romantic sequel to the \"bighearted, wildly charming\" (Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author) Love from A to Z that's a \"contemplative exploration of faith, love, and the human condition\" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Adam and Zayneb. Perfectly matched. Painfully apart. Adam is in Doha, Qatar, making a map of the Hijra, a historic migration from Mecca to Medina, and worried about where his next paycheck will come from. Zayneb is in Chicago, where school and extracurricular stresses are piling on top of a terrible frenemy situation, making her miserable. Then a marvel occurs: Adam and Zayneb get the chance to spend Thanksgiving week on the Umrah, a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, in Saudi Arabia. Adam is thrilled; it's the reboot he needs and an opportunity to pray for a hijra in real life: to migrate to Zayneb in Chicago. Zayneb balks at the trip at first, having envisioned another kind of vacation, but then decides a spiritual reset is calling her name too. And they can't wait to see each other--surely, this is just what they both need. But the trip is nothing like what they expect, from the appearance of Adam's former love interest in their traveling group to the anxiety gripping Zayneb when she's supposed to be \"spiritual.\" As one wedge after another drives them apart while they make their way through rites in the holy city, Adam and Zayneb start to wonder: was their meeting just an oddity after all? 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Like potatoes--because they make French fries happen. Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together. An oddity: whatever gives you pause. Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Like Zayneb's teacher, who won't stop reminding the class how \"bad\" Muslims are. But Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn't bad. She's angry. When she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt's house in Doha, Qatar, for an early start to spring break. Fueled by the guilt of getting her friends in trouble, she resolves to try out a newer, \"nicer\" version of herself in a place where no one knows her. Then her path crosses with Adam's. Since he got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November, Adam's stopped going to classes, intent, instead, on perfecting the making of things. Intent on keeping the memory of his mom alive for his little sister. Adam's also intent on keeping his diagnosis a secret from his grieving father. Alone, Adam and Zayneb are playing roles for others, keeping their real thoughts locked away in their journals. Until a marvel and an oddity occurs... Marvel: Adam and Zayneb meeting. Oddity: Adam and Zayneb meeting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50517230321887,"sku":"9781534442733","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/E7UVjr7-8U9781534442733.webp?v=1783133858"},{"product_id":"fledgling-the-keepers-records-of-revolution-hardcover","title":"Fledgling: The Keeper's Records of Revolution - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book in a gripping duology from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author S.K. Ali introduces a fractured world on the brink of either enlightenment or war. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A sweeping epic of love and revolution, set in a visceral future vision of Earth and starring a cast you can't help but fall for.\" --Marie Lu, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStars and Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWould you trade love for peace?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaisa of Upper Earth has only lived a life of privilege and acquiescence. 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