Omar Rising
- ISBN-10
- 0593108582
- ISBN-13
- 9780593108581
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022
- Publisher
- Nancy Paulsen Books
- Author
- Aisha Saeed
Description
Seventh-grader Omar must contend with being treated like a second-class citizen when he gets a scholarship to an elite boarding schoo in Pakistan.
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