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Lion on the Inside: How One Girl Changed Basketball (CitizenKid seris)
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir, with Judith Henderson
Illustrator: Katherine Ahmed
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Kids Can Press
ISBN: 978-1-52531003-4
Keywords: champion, campaign, awareness, barriers, free verse,
Barred from competitions because she refused to remove her hijab, a rising basketball star became an activist for Muslim women. Digital illustrations capture a Muslim American environment. Back matter.