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Omar Rising - Aisha Saeed

By Aisha Saeed

Release Date: 2022-02-01

Genre: Culture, Places & People in Young Adult Fiction

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“Irresistibly appealing and genuinely inspiring—a story that helps us to see the world more clearly, and to see ourselves as powerful enough to change it.” —Rebecca Stead, author of Newbery Award Winner When You Reach Me

In this compelling companion to New York Times bestseller Amal Unbound, Amal's friend Omar must contend with being treated like a second-class citizen when he gets a scholarship to an elite boarding school.

Omar knows his scholarship to Ghalib Academy Boarding School is a game changer, providing him—the son of a servant—with an opportunity to improve his station in life. He can't wait to experience all the school has to offer, especially science club and hopefully the soccer team; but when he arrives, his hopes are dashed. First-year scholarship students aren't allowed to join clubs or teams—and not only that, they have to earn their keep doing menial chores. At first Omar is dejected—but then he gets angry when he learns something even worse—the school deliberately "weeds out" kids like him by requiring them to get significantly higher grades than kids who can pay tuition, making it nearly impossible for scholarship students to graduate. It's a good thing that in his favorite class, he’s learned the importance of being stubbornly optimistic. So with the help of his tightknit new group of friends—and with the threat of expulsion looming over him—he sets out to do what seems impossible: change a rigged system.

Omar Rising - Aisha Saeed

By Aisha Saeed

Release Date: 2022-02-01

Genre: Culture, Places & People in Young Adult Fiction

(0 ratings)
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“Irresistibly appealing and genuinely inspiring—a story that helps us to see the world more clearly, and to see ourselves as powerful enough to change it.” —Rebecca Stead, author of Newbery Award Winner When You Reach Me

In this compelling companion to New York Times bestseller Amal Unbound, Amal's friend Omar must contend with being treated like a second-class citizen when he gets a scholarship to an elite boarding school.

Omar knows his scholarship to Ghalib Academy Boarding School is a game changer, providing him—the son of a servant—with an opportunity to improve his station in life. He can't wait to experience all the school has to offer, especially science club and hopefully the soccer team; but when he arrives, his hopes are dashed. First-year scholarship students aren't allowed to join clubs or teams—and not only that, they have to earn their keep doing menial chores. At first Omar is dejected—but then he gets angry when he learns something even worse—the school deliberately "weeds out" kids like him by requiring them to get significantly higher grades than kids who can pay tuition, making it nearly impossible for scholarship students to graduate. It's a good thing that in his favorite class, he’s learned the importance of being stubbornly optimistic. So with the help of his tightknit new group of friends—and with the threat of expulsion looming over him—he sets out to do what seems impossible: change a rigged system.

More by Aisha Saeed

Amal Unbound

Yes No Maybe So

Written in the Stars

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

Omar Rising

The Matchmaker

Once Upon an Eid

Grounded

Diana and the Island of No Return

Bilal Cooks Daal

The Together Tree

Diana and the Underworld Odyssey

Forty Words for Love

She Persisted: Malala Yousafzai

Diana and the Journey to the Unknown

The Wedding Week

The Door Is Open

Ella persistiĂł - Malala Yousafzai / She Persisted: Malala Yousafzai

Sim, nĂŁo, quem sabe

Hafsa's Way

You and Me, Baby

Un peu malgrĂŠ eux

SĂ­, no, tal vez

Zuni and the Memory Jar

Aladdin: Far From Agrabah

Scritto nelle stelle

Le Courage d'Amal

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