Awards

• Long-listed for BRANFORD BOASE (UK).
• Long-listed for Branford Boase Award (UK).
• Long-listed for Jhalak Children's & YA Prize (UK).
• Long-listed for NE Book Award (UK).
• Short-listed for Branford Boase Award (UK).
• Short-listed for Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing (UK).

Overview

Winner of the Jhalak Children's & YA Prize Winner of the Indie Book Awards for Children's Fiction Winner of the Week Junior Book Award for Older Fiction Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing 'Safiyyah's War has the soul of a classic & the urgency of a story for our times. A tale of tolerance, unthinkable bravery, and heart-in-mouth true events. I loved this book' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'All at once, Safiyyah's War broke my heart and filled me with immense hope. With its unforgettable characters and exquisite storytelling, this really is an extraordinary book' - A F Steadman 'Safiyyah is a protagonist I was rooting for all throughout; a lovely, kind-hearted girl whose story filled me in turns with despair and joy. This book shines through with kindness and empathy at its very heart' - Nizrana Farook 'Luminous prose . . . a riveting read for children and adults alike' - New York Times War comes to the streets of Paris and Safiyyah’s life changes for ever. Her best friend’s family have fled, and the bombing makes her afraid to leave the mosque where she lives. But when her father is arrested by the Nazis for his secret Resistance work, it falls to Safiyyah to run the dangerous errands around the city. It’s not long before hundreds of persecuted Jews seek sanctuary at the mosque. Can Safiyyah find the courage to enter the treacherous catacombs under Paris and lead the Jews to safety?

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Safiyyah's War has the soul of a classic & the urgency of a story for our times. A tale of tolerance, unthinkable bravery, and heart-in-mouth true events. I loved this book. -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave A beautiful and sensitively written story which will stay with me for a very long time -- A M Howell

Safiyyah's War has the soul of a classic & the urgency of a story for our times. A tale of tolerance, unthinkable bravery, and heart-in-mouth true events. I loved this book. -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave A beautiful and sensitively written story which will stay with me for a very long time -- A M Howell I adored this book in all its intricacies. I cheered for and cried with Safiyyah - a testament to Khan's talent for storytelling - and enjoyed every word. Safiyyah's War has the makings of a classic -- Aisha Busby All at once, Safiyyah's War broke my heart and filled me with immense hope. With its unforgettable characters and exquisite storytelling, this really is an extraordinary book -- Annabel Steadman

Safiyyah's War has the soul of a classic & the urgency of a story for our times. A tale of tolerance, unthinkable bravery, and heart-in-mouth true events. I loved this book. -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Author Information

Hiba Noor Khan’s first novel Safiyyah’s War won the Indie Book Award and the Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize. Hiba is a physics teacher and a recent Global Diplomacy graduate. She has worked for The Children’s Society as a Refugee Advocate and for the United Nations IOM on international development projects. She’s also delivered humanitarian aid in Syrian refugee camps and worked on reforestation initiatives in Tanzania.

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