Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet: 1

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Juggling many potential suspects, Omar and his friends need to become super spies to find the culprit and get the money back. Schoolgirl-turned-private investigator Lori must use all her prestigious detecting skills if she is to solve the mystery of her best friend’s disappearance.

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As if he didn't have a hard enough time staying out of trouble at home, now he's also got to try and make new friends.

They have featured on the BBC’s CBeebies Bedtime Stories show and in the Guardian for their contribution to diverse children’s literature. Wildly imaginative Omar’s free-association narrative, laced with expressive hand lettering and Mafaridik’s playfully exaggerated line art, remains chipper and uplifting. He’s going to need out-of-this-world creative thinking and a huge spirit of adventure to solve this mystery!

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This is a really hilariously funny, warm hearted, easy-to-read tale, with a gentle moral of how if people work together they can achieve wonderful things. Previously published as The Muslims, which won the Little Rebels book prize in 2018, this newly illustrated and reworked version of Zanib Mian's hilarious, sweet story is an absolute delight.Omar has just moved into a new house with his family: sticky-fingered little brother Esa, snooty older sister Maryam and his scientist parents. This provides quality-assured information, stories and advice to support children's mental health and wellbeing. But his excitement about the trip is interrupted by some shocking news: his amazing teacher is not coming back to school, and no one will say why. Planet Omar has all of the everyday life family drama and silly humour of Tom Gates and Sam Wu, and it's wonderful to read a funny book for kids featuring a Muslim family.

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And when Omar and bully Daniel get stranded on a school trip in London, Omar realises that Danny isn't so tough after all. This is book two in the Planet Omar series, and readers will also enjoy Zanib Mian’s Accidental Trouble Magnet (previously published as The Muslims) but it’s not necessary to read this first. As they collect their evidence, everything seems to point to one unlikely conclusion: Mrs Hutchinson has been abducted by aliens! None of the other teachers will say where she is so Omar and his friends, Daniel and Charlie, decide they have to investigate.

You might not know me yet, but once you open the pages of this book you’ll laugh so hard that snot will come out of your nose (plus you might meet a dragon and a zombie – what more could you want? Be ready for an alien cat with a malfunctioning fur disguise, irrefutable signs of an alien landing and a spectacular Pakistani wedding that shows no evidence of alien involvement but is great fun all the same.

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When Omar and his friends start investigating, the hints they overhear and clues they find lead them to an alarming conclusion—it must be aliens! So imagine the trauma of finding a fierce, crinkly-faced supply teacher, with spiky heels and a personality to match, has replaced Mrs H at the front of the classroom.The action-packed fifth installment in the infectiously sweet illustrated middle grade series starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination. Elementary school readers will find both a funny, relatable new companion and a primer on Muslim family life with the start of this series. Omar is back with a big mystery to solve in the second installment of this imaginative, highly-illustrated series. When his best friend Daniel messes up at school, Omar decides to take the blame to save Daniel from getting in trouble—which makes Omar feel like a total hero!