10: Mecca, Mitzvah, and Milestones (Grades 8–12)
10: Mecca, Mitzvah, and Milestones (Grades 8–12)
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Join two authors renowned for their page-turning plots and deft portrayal of the challenges of navigating family, faith, and one’s evolving identity in teenage years. S. K. Ali’s debut was a finalist for the American Library Association’s William C. Morris Award and winner of the Middle East Book Honor Award. Her latest, Love from Mecca to Medina, is a story about love, adventure—and what it means to lead a spiritual life in the 21st century. Méira Cook’s Adult/ YA crossover novel, The Full Catastrophe, is a tender and funny exploration of defining oneself, the communities that support us, and the journeys that secrets can propel. Moderated by Shannon Ozirny. Grades 8–12.