Binding: Hardcover
Description: " An emotional tale of a family's grief and healing full of courage and hope" Kirkus Reviews" Faruqi renders this tender story of loss with a deft hand employing vivid details surrounding Adnan's Pakistani Muslim identity and nuanced characterizations to present a tear - jerking ode to family." Publishers Weekly (starred review)" A realistic moving exploration of family loss and healing." AL a Booklist" Faruqi takes on the difficult subject of family loss with beauty and grace in her gentle lyrical style. She allows Adnan a young table tennis enthusiast to go through grief while holding not just sadness but love and joy in an honest and nuanced story that is ultimately filled with hope." Veera Hiranandani Newbery Honor author of The Night Diary For fans of Planet Omar and The Ethan I Was Before award - winning Pakistani author Reem Faruqi of Unsettled delivers a middle grade novel in verse about table tennis player Adnan who dreams of the championship and a fun - filled family trip to Florida. But when tragedy strikes he and his family must cope with a terrible loss and come together as one again. This poignant story about a Muslim family learning to heal is hope - filled and moving. Adnan Zakir loves table tennis. He's also colorblind and left - handed and has a fondness for the aviation alphabet. He's super close with his sister Aaliyah who is a great dancer and memorizer of the Quran and he loves his little toddler brother Rizwan who only wants to grow up and play table tennis like his big brother. All Adnan dreams of is making it to the Ultimate Table Tennis Championship in Florida and if he qualifies for the tournament he knows he will get to spend the Eid holiday with his cousins. But when the family travels there unthinkable tragedy strikes and Adnan swears he'll never play table tennis ever again. Slowly he and his family must learn to make peace and move forward as a family. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! A Cybils Finalist Award for Poetry!
Title: Call Me Adnan
Author(s): Faruqi Reem
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063284944
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/13/2023