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Magical Reality of Nadia, The (Magical Reality of Nadia series)
Bassem Youssef and Catherine R. Daly
Illustrator: Douglas Holgate
Ages: 9+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 978-1-33857-228-5
Keywords: racism, immigrants, Egyptian culture, Arab Spring
Nerdy Egyptian-American Nadia and her friends enthusiastically enter a museum exhibit-designing contest but are distracted by a new antagonist and potentially supernatural phenomena. Partially graphic novel.