Author
Holiday House
Khadijah VanBrakle is the author of Fatima Tate Takes The Cake, a Contemporary Young Adult novel that was released on June 13, 2023 by Holiday House. She's a Muslim woman of color living in the southwestern US. As someone born and raised in Canada, to American parents, she writes coming-of-age stories to ensure teens who share her Black & American Muslim dual marginalization see themselves on the printed page.
Fatima Tate Takes The Cake is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and was nominated for a 2024 NAACP Image Award in the Outstanding Youth/Teens Literature category. She has a second, Contemporary YA novel coming from Holiday House in Summer 2025. Check out her website, khadijahvanbrakle.com or find her on IG @khadijahvanbrakle.
Multitudes: The Power of Authentic & Diverse Representation in Muslim Stories
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