AMAL UNBOUND updates and Global Read Aloud information!
With summer vacation fully underway hanging out with my three boys and squeezing in writing time has been keeping me quite busy but I’m happy to have some time now to share some amazing updates for AMAL UNBOUND. Thank you so much for supporting this book, for buying it and recommending it to your local […]
AMAL UNBOUND has been selected as a Global Read Aloud for 2018!
Completely honored and humbled to share that AMAL UNBOUND was selected a Global Read Aloud for 2018. The most rewarding part of being an author is the chance to interact with teachers and students (once a teacher always a teacher) and so this honor of being selected for GRA2018 is a huge one for me. […]
Amal Unbound gets a starred review from Kirkus!
Thrilled to share that Kirkus has given Amal Unbound a starred review! They said in part: Saeed’s timely and stirring middle-grade debut is a celebration of resistance and justice. You can read the full review here.
Publisher’s Weekly starred review of Amal Unbound!
AMAL UNBOUND got it’s first trade review and it’s a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly! A few excerpts: Saeed (Written in the Stars) infuses this true-to-life story of unjust power dynamics in a poor Pakistani village with a palpable sense of dread regarding the fate of the inquisitive, industrious, poetry-loving titular character. And: Saeed’s eloquent, […]
AMAL UNBOUND news and updates!
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