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    Farah Rocks Fifth Grade
    Farah Rocks Fifth Grade
    Farah Rocks Fifth Grade
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    Farah Rocks Fifth Grade

    By Susan Muaddi Darraj and Ruaida Mannaa

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    Farah and her best friend, Allie Liu, are getting excited to turn in their applications to the Magnet Academy, where they both hope to attend sixth grade. But when new girl Dana Denver shows up, Farah's world is turned upside down. As Dana starts bullying Farah's little brother, Samir, Farah begins to second-guess her choice to leave him behind at Harbortown Elementary/Middle School. Determined to handle it on her own, Farah comes up with a plan--a plan that involves lying to those closest to her. Will her lies catch up with her, or can Farah find a way to defeat the bully and rock fifth grade?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateApr 28, 2020
    ISBN9781496599575
    Farah Rocks Fifth Grade
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    Susan Muaddi Darraj

    Susan Muaddi Darraj is the author of A Curious Land, a novel in stories which earned an American Book Award and was a finalist for a Palestine Book Award. In 2018, she was named a Ford Fellow by USA Artists. A past winner of the Maryland State Art Council’s Independent Artist Award, she is also the author of Farah Rocks, the first children’s book series to feature a Palestinian-American character. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and teaches at Johns Hopkins University.

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    • 5/5
      Farah Hajjar is a fifth grade academically gifted student who is excited about applying to a specialized magnet school with her best friend, Allie, for her middle school years. Her family is made up of her Palestinian-American parents and her sweet little brother, Samir.When a new kid at school causes issues, Farah's dreams start to unravel.Excellent MG book about family, friendship, bullying and asking for help.
    • 4/5
      Things I really liked -- Farah is an engaging and big-hearted character, who clearly loves her younger brother and wants to look out for him.

      She does try to approach adults before taking things into her own hands, but I also like that the message is about trying more than once/ choosing your adults wisely, and about microaggressions. Altogether, a pretty balanced story -- balance in consequences, in compassion, in self-confidence. Love that Farah is invited to come and speak to her teachers afterwards as a group, to point out where things went wrong.

      I feel like the bullying girl is a bit too broad strokes. Farah ends up having some sympathy for her (divorce) but she's kind of a throwaway bad guy, who conveniently leaves at the end of the book.

      Another cool thing -- Farah refers to herself as an Arab, her family is Arabic speaking, but they attend St. Jude's, an Orthodox church -- I don't think I've seen a character who is of Arab Christian background before.

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