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Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah

Sister Friend

40 pp. | Abrams | May, 2024 | Trade ISBN 9781419767210 $18.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Shahrzad Maydani. Since starting at her new school, Ameena has felt invisible and alone. “Was it the twists in her hair? Her brown skin? No one else in class had twists and brownness.” Now there’s another new girl, Sundus, who seems similarly lonely. She’s Muslim (and wears a hijab), like Ameena (who wears a hijab to masjid), but that doesn’t make them automatic friends. Realistic-sounding text and textured illustrations, which look rendered in colored pencils and pastels, depict authentic childlike encounters and emotions, leading to a rewardingly earned friendship.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

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