Ask a Bookseller: 'Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year' from April 2022
An April 2022 book recommendation traveled full circle from Washington state bookstore back to a Minnesota author. Shannon Brown of Wishing Tree Books in Spokane recommends Nina Hamza's debut novel, "Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year." It's a middle grade title, which Brown says will appeal to readers in 5th through 8th grade.The school year for 12-year-old Ahmed Aziz has the potential to be epically awful. He is starting a new school, having moved from Hawaii to Minnesota so that his father can seek medical care for his serious, rare disease. Ahmed lands himself a bully on the first day, but he…
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