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Nadia Islam, on the Record

A heartwarming, must-read story that celebrates family, faith and community
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A heartwarming and authentic story that explores family, religion, and fighting for what's right, from award-winning author Adiba Jaigirdar. Aspiring journalist Nadia Islam hates that she's missing out on spending Ramadan with her best friend to go to Bangladesh. But the trip unexpectedly puts her reporting... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Nadia Islam, on the Record

A heartwarming and authentic story that explores family, religion and fighting for what's right, from award-winning author Adiba Jaigirdar.

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A heartwarming and authentic story that explores family, religion, and fighting for what's right, from award-winning author Adiba Jaigirdar.

Aspiring journalist Nadia Islam hates that she's missing out on spending Ramadan with her best friend to go to Bangladesh. But the trip unexpectedly puts her reporting skills to the test.

Her journalist auntβ€”Nadia's khalamoniβ€”is in Bangladesh too, but not just for Ramadan or Eid, like Nadia. She's there to write a story on the increasing climate change problem in Bangladesh and how people are being affected by it. The more Nadia learns from her khalamoni, the more eager she is to help.

Her brother and cousins try to distract her with a Ramadan competition. She wants to beat them allβ€”of course!β€”but her aunt needs her too.

Can Nadia put aside her competitiveness to beat her brother and cousins to figure out what Ramadan is really all about?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781444973471

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 January 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Contributors:

  • Read by Nikhaar Kishnani

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Adiba Jaigirdar is the award-winning, critically-acclaimed and bestselling author of The Henna Wars, Hani & Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating, and A Million to One. A Bangladeshi/Irish writer and former teacher, she has an MA in Postcolonial Studies from the University of Kent, England and a BA in English and History from UCD, Ireland.

She is the winner of the YA book prize 2022, the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards 2021, and was a finalist for the 2022 Lambda Literary awards. All of her writing is aided by tea, and a healthy dose of Janelle Monae and Hayley Kiyoko.

When not writing, she is probably ranting about the ills of colonialism, playing video games, or expanding her overflowing lipstick collection.

She can be found at adibajaigirdar.com or @adiba_j on Twitter and @dibs_j on Instagram.

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