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Book Info:
Title: Sisters Alone by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
Genre: Middle Grade, Mystery
Publishing Date: September 8, 2026
Synopsis:
From the National Book Award–winning author of Kareem Between comes a powerful novel in verse about two sisters trapped in a blizzard in a heart-wrenching story of sisterhood and survival.
Two sisters. One storm. A fight for their lives.
Rama is all fire—fierce, quick to anger, and trying to hold her family together while battling the monster of intrusive thoughts. Leena is all ice—quiet, numbed to the vibrancy of the world, as she silently blames herself for their mother’s death.
When their father must travel for work, a sudden blizzard traps the sisters alone at their rural home. As the storm tears through their house, they’re left without power, without food, without shelter—and with no one to rely on but each other.
Told in powerful, poetic verse, Sisters Alone is a heart-stopping story of sisterhood, survival, and the quiet strength it takes to keep going, even when the world feels like it's falling apart.
Book Links:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/244969611-sisters-alone
Amazon: https://a.co/d/00B31Fxn
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sisters-alone-shifa-saltagi-safadi/1148911924
IndieBound: https://bookshop.org/p/books/sisters-alone-shifa-saltagi-safadi/ac7221a466a62883
About the Author:
Shifa Saltagi Safadi is the National Book Award Winning author of Kareem Between, the Amina Banana series, and several picture books, including The Gift of Eid.
Shifa was born in Syria and immigrated to the US with her parents when she was a young girl. She is a bilingual Arabic/English speaker, and is very familiar with the challenges of learning English and navigating two languages.
Shifa has a bachelor’s degree in English literature, is a former English teacher, and is a former reviewer of Muslim books on her blog, Muslim Mommy Blog.
She is passionate about spreading a love of reading to children through fun storytimes and engaging school visits.
Author Links:
Website: https://shifasafadi.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shifasaltagisafadi/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21962615.Shifa_Saltagi_Safadi
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This was such a powerful book written in verse showing two Sisters who had been dealing with the loss of their Mum but in such different ways. I liked Leena and Rama and felt their pain which was showing in different ways.
The main reason why I wanted to read this book was the discussion about Anxiety and Intrusive which as an adult I have sufffered along with depression and I was interested how Shifa would write about this subject so a Middle Grade audience which was done beautifully, If Shifa writes another book I will be reading it as I love their writing style.
For all the above reasons Sisters Alone receives 4 stars
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