Zara Hossain Is Here

Zara Hossain Is Here

Khan, Sabrina (author)

Norton, Maeve (illustrator)

Pakistani immigrant Zara Hossain and her family have waited nine years in Texas for their green card approval. As the only Muslim girl at her catholic school, Zara tries not to create trouble for her family. But after a threatening note, the vandalism of her house, and a violent crime spearheaded by her racist tormentor Tyler Benson, Zara has to choose between fighting to stay and losing the life she loves.

Scholastic Press (publisher)

2021

Print book (hardcover), 256 pages, 13.97 x 1.91 x 21.59 cm.

Book

language: English

"Zara Hossain Is Here." Amazon, https://www.amazon.ca/Zara-Hossain-Here-Sabina-Khan/dp/1338580876. Accessed 27 February 2022.

"Zara Hossain Is Here." Scholastic Canada, https://www.scholastic.ca/books/view/zara-hossain-is-here. Accessed 26 February 2022.

Ellie Wilson (cataloguer, 2022)

ISBN 9781338580877

Cover: “Zara Hossain Is Here.” Fraser Valley Regional Library, https://fvrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S21C1844379. Accessed 22 March 2022.
Video: “Zara Hossain Is Here by Sabina Khan: Spring 2021 Online Preview.” YouTube, 15 Jan. 2021, https://youtu.be/amaHqBmTtA4. Accessed 22 March 2022.

young adult fiction

human (primary character)

human (secondary characters)

brown skin (primary character)

white, assumed (secondary characters)

brown skin (secondary characters)

Muslim (primary character)

Christian (secondary characters)

girl/woman (primary character)

boy/man (secondary characters)

girl/woman (secondary characters)

LGBTQ+ (primary character)

straight (secondary characters)

LGBTQ+ (secondary characters)