Omar rising
Record details
- ISBN: 1432897047
- ISBN: 9781432897048 (large print ; hardcover)
- Physical Description: 263 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
General Note: | "The text of this Large Print edition is unabridged."--Title page verso. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 10-14 Thorndike Press. Grades 7-9 Thorndike Press. |
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Subject: | Pakistan Fiction Classism Fiction Poverty Fiction Social classes Fiction Schools Fiction Boarding schools Fiction |
Genre: | Large print books. School fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Erlanger Branch | LTJ SAEED A (Text) | 33126025361209 | J New Fiction | Available | - |
- Gale / Cengage Learning
"In this compelling companion to New York Times bestseller Amal Unbound, Amal's friend Omar must contend with being treated like a second-class citizen when he gets a scholarship to an elite boarding school.
Omar knows his scholarship to Ghalib Academy Boarding School is a game changer, providing himâthe son of a servantâwith an opportunity to improve his station in life. He can't wait to experience all the school has to offer, especially science club and hopefully the soccer team; but when he arrives, his hopes are dashed. First-year scholarship students aren't allowed to join clubs or teamsâand not only that, they have to earn their keep doing menial chores. At first Omar is dejectedâbut then he gets angry when he learns something even worseâthe school deliberately âweeds outâ kids like him by requiring them to get significantly higher grades than kids who can pay tuition, making it nearly impossible for scholarship students to graduate. It's a good thing that in his favorite class, he's learned the importance of being stubbornly optimistic. So with the help of his tightknit new group of friendsâand with the threat of expulsion looming over himâhe sets out to do what seems impossible: change a rigged system.
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