Watch the events in the 2023 SABA Meet the Author Series below! South Asia Book Award Presents: American Fever by Dur e Aziz Amna *Our event on the Middle Grade Readers winner, Thirst, with Varsha Bajaj is available …
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Himalaya: The Wonders of the Mountains that Touch the Sky
Himalaya: The Wonders of the Mountains that Touch the Sky by Soledad Romero Mariño and illustrated by María Beorlegi (Orange Mosquito, 2022). Himalaya, (or jimālaia in Sanskrit), means “abode of snow” is a rich non-fiction …
2023 South Asia Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Award Winners The Moon from Dehradun: A Story of Partition by Shirin Shamsi; illustrated by Tarun Lak (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2022). In 1947, Azra and her family took an unforgettable train ride from …
Omar Rising
Omar Rising by Aisha Saeed (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2022). Omar Ali receives a scholarship to the distinguished Ghalib Academy Boarding School in Pakistan. He is excited to start school and join clubs and teams, but …