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A story of shared blood and bad blood, endings and beginnings…

Safiya has struggled to pick up the pieces of her family since her dad left them and moved to Somalia. She refuses to trust in love, despite wishing she could fall for boy-next-door Yusuf… And then her dad moves back to town with his new family, shattering her life all over again.

Halima doesn’t want to move to England. She resents her stepdad for dropping her in a strange new life with a new language to learn – replacing her friends with bullies who set out to shame her.

When the girls are thrown together at school, it’s hate at first sight. But as they uncover life-changing secrets from their parents’ past, they begin to realize…What if the key to all their problems lies in their sisterhood?

]]> The kindest red https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-kindest-red-2/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=35093 The highly-anticipated sequel to The Proudest Blue; a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER which explores sisterhood, and kindness, from trailblazer and Olympic medallist Ibtihaj Muhammad.When Faizah’s teacher asks her class to imagine what kind of world they want to live in Faizah imagines a world where everyone is kind to one another, and tries to create that world in the school playground. But what Faizah wants most is to be like her big sister, Asiya. Will Faizah’s classmates repay her kindness and find a way for her to match Asiya in time for school photo day?An important and uplifting story with Islam at its heart, about hijab, kindness and celebrating each other’s differences, from Olympic medallist and Muslim author Ibtihaj Muhammad.Also in the series: The Proudest Blue and The Boldest White

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