Sheila Keenan at Viking has bought two middle-grade graphic novels by Iasmin Omar Ata. The first book is a realistic coming-of-age story with a dose of magic realism, featuring a Muslim-American girl who's experiencing pressure from her family and Islamaphobic prejudice and bullying from her classmates, and is helped on her journey to selfhood by a djinn. Publication is planned for fall 2021, with book two following in summer 2022; Judy Hansen at Hansen Literary represented the author in the auction for world rights.
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Author: Iasmin Omar Ata
