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  • Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet

  • Planet Omar, Book 1
  • By: Zanib Mian
  • Narrated by: Waleed Akhtar
  • Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (18 ratings)

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Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet

By: Zanib Mian
Narrated by: Waleed Akhtar
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Publisher's summary

An exciting middle-grade debut starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination. An NPR Best Book of the Year.

Welcome to the imaginative brain of Omar!

Omar and his family have just moved, and he is NOT excited about starting at a new school. What if the work is too hard or the kids are mean or the teacher is a zombie alien?!

But when Omar makes a new best friend, things start looking up. That is, until a Big Mean Bully named Daniel makes every day a nightmare! Daniel even tells Omar that all Muslims are going to be kicked out of the country . . . Could that possibly be true?

Luckily, Omar's enormous imagination and goofy family help him get through life's ups and downs.

Omar's funny, relatable narrative is the perfect answer to the call for both mirrors and windows to fill bookshelves with diverse stories.

-An NPR Best Book of the Year

-USBBY Outstanding International Book Selection

-2020 Global Read Aloud Selection

-Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year

-Middle East Book Award Nominee

-New York Public Library Best Book of the Year (top 10)

©2020 Zanib Mian (P)2020 Listening Library
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Critic reviews

★ “In their debut, Mian and Mafaridik create a relatable and hilarious story . . . Exploding with personality and imagination, Omar is an easy character to love.”—Booklist, starred review

"A very kid-friendly and appealingly honest story about being different, being labeled 'other.'"—The New York Times Book Review

“Wildly imaginative Omar’s free-association narrative, laced with expressive hand lettering and Mafaridik’s playfully exaggerated line art, remains chipper and uplifting.”–Publishers Weekly

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Wonderful bedtime story option

My boys love this story and sometimes even prefer it to having a parent read to them! Story has a diversity of characters that foster a seed of cultural awareness and sensitivity. A win win.

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so cool

so cool I do not have a lot of time butt still really good see you in the next book

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