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It’s Not Over Yet

October 13

Illustrated cover of It’s Not Over Yet by Salma Hussain. A teenage boy has his back to the viewer, though his face is in profile. He has medium brown skin and short black hair, and he is wearing a black hoodie. His face is illuminated by a beam of light (maybe sunlight?), and his left ear is illuminated by a red light. He has a thoughtful expression on his face.It’s Not Over Yet by Salma Hussain
Tundra Books

Fifteen-year-old Wali Khan, affectionately called “Vali the Vomiter” by his older twin sisters, has always chalked up his throwing up to a delicate stomach. And the headaches in ninth grade? Worrying about grades. But waking up in the hospital in the second week of tenth grade, he is shocked to hear the cause: acoustic neuroma, a golf-ball-sized tumor pressing on his ear canal.

The good news: it’s most likely benign. The bad news: surgery in four months, with probable hearing loss as a result.

Starting a new year in high school with a looming life-altering surgery date forces Wali, a passionate film buff, to look inward, at his family, friends and even himself. Why is this happening to him?

His Muslim father and Christian mother are supportive, yet sometimes a bit clueless when it comes to their children. His twin sisters are a mix of loving and teasing, and he bounces between spying on them and keeping their secrets. As for the new girl, Ruby Lai-Mirza, he’s just not sure he has time for a new friend.

Wali may fear the end, but he’s still got a lot of living to do. It’s not over yet.

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