Kareem Between

**WINNER of the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for Young People''s Literature** This heartfelt coming-of-age novel in verse tells the powerful story of a seventh-grade Syrian American boy and his struggles, big and small, as he navigates middle school, now in paperback! "The exact type of book I would''ve loved, and Seventh grade begins, and Kareem’s already fumbled it.;; His best friend moved away, he messed up his tryout for the football team, and because of his heritage, he was volun Then, like a surprise blitz, Kareem’s mom returns to Syria to help her family but can’t make it back home. If Kareem could throw a penalty flag on the fouls of his school and home life, it would be for unnecessary roughness. Kareem is stuck between. Between countries. Between friends, between football, between parents--and between right and wrong. It’s up to him to step up, find his confidence, and navigate the beauty and hope found somewhere in the middle.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

SHIFA SALTAGI SAFADI is the National Book Award-winning author of Kareem Between, the Amina Banana chapter book series, and several picture books, including The Gift of Eid. She has a bachelor’s degree in English literature, is a former English teacher, and shares her favorite Muslim books on her blog, Muslim Mommy Blog. Shifa was born in Syria and immigrated to the US with her parents as a young girl. She lives near Chicago with her husband and four children.  

Visit Shifa online at ShifaSafadi.com and on Instagram @MuslimMommyBlog!

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Shifa Saltagi Safadi
• Verlag: Penguin Young Readers US
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 26.08.2025
• EAN: 9780593699287
• ISBN: 978-0-593-69928-7
• Seiten: 336
• Abmessung: 127 mm x 197 mm x 18 mm
• Themen: Kinder- und Jugendbücher; JUVENILE FICTION / Religious / Muslim, JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Football, People & places (Children's / Teenage), Early Learning: Verse & Rhymes, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse, Sporting stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups