HIBA NOOR KHAN is the author of One Home, Inspiring Inventors Who Are Changing Our Future, The Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai, and the picture book The Little War Cat. Hiba has many strings to her bow: she’s a Physics teacher and a recent Global Diplomacy graduate. Hiba is also an activist; she’s worked for The Children’s Society as a Refugee Advocate and for the United Nations IOM on international development projects. She has also delivered humanitarian aid in Syrian refugee camps and worked on reforestation initiatives in Tanzania.
Short list
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Geoffrey Gets The Jitters, Nadia Shireen (PRH Children's)
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How to Die Famous, Benjamin Dean (Simon & Schuster)
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Safiyyah's War, Hiba Noor Khan (Andersen)
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Steady for This, Nathaneal Lessore (Hot Key)
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To the Other Side, Erika Meza (Hachette Children's)
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Wild Song, Candy Gourlay (David Fickling)
Long list
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Koku Akanbi and the Heart of Midnight, Maria Montunrayo Adebisi & Simone Douglas (Hachette Children's)
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My Life as a Chameleon, Dianya Anyakwo (Little, Brown)
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Poetry Prompts; Joseph Coelho, Georgie Birkett, GrasyaOliyko, Amanda Quartey & Viola Wang (Quarto)
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How to Die Famous, Benjamin Dean (Simon & Schuster)
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Part of a Story that Started Before Me, Chosen by George the Poet (PRH Children's)
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Wild Song, Candy Gourlay (David Fickling)
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Safiyyah's War, Hiba Noor Khan (Andersen)
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Story of Now, Shelina Janmohamed & Laura Greenan (Hachette Children's)
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Steady for This, Nathaneal Lessore (Hot Key)
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To the Other Side, Erika Meza (Hachette Children's)
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Friendship Never Ends, Alexandra Sheppard (Knights Of)
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Geoffrey Gets The Jitters, Nadia Shireen (PRH Children's)
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