I’m grateful to all those I interviewed about their 9/11 memories. Y’all are brave for being willing to relive a horrible day for the sake of my book. Finally a big thank-you to Alysa Wishingrad, for the invaluable advice and feedback. This is a better book because of you!
About the Author
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SAADIA FARUQI is a Pakistani American writer, interfaith activist, and cultural-sensitivity trainer. She is the author of the children’s early-reader series Yasmin and the middle grade novel A Thousand Questions and the coauthor of the middle grade novel A Place at the Table. She was profiled in O magazine as a woman making a difference in her community and serves as editor in chief of Blue Minaret, a magazine for Muslim art, poetry, and prose. She resides in Houston, Texas, with her family.
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Books by Saadia Faruqi
A Thousand Questions
A Place at the Table (with Laura Shovan)
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YUSUF AZEEM IS NOT A HERO. Copyright © 2021 by Saadia Faruqi. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used to advance the fictional narrative. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.
COVER ART © 2021 BY HAZEM ASIF
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Faruqi, Saadia, author.
Title: Yusuf Azeem is not a hero / Saadia Faruqi.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, [2021] | Audience: Ages 8-12. | Audience: Grades 4-6. | Summary: “Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country’s same anger and grief is all focused on his Muslim community”— Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020058557 | ISBN 978-0-06-294325-5 (hardcover)
Subjects: CYAC: Middle schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Discrimination—Fiction. | Muslims—United States—Fiction. | September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001—Fiction. | Family life—Texas—Fiction. | Texas—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.F373 Yus 2021 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020058557
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Digital Edition SEPTEMBER 2021 ISBN: 978-0-06-294324-8
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-294325-5
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