The Case of the Ramadan Wrecker

This riveting modern mystery story features cryptology, authentic hadith + Quranic quotes, intertwined with friendship dynamics at a prestigious All-girls Islamic school in Algeria. Written by the very talented, Tahany Bahloul, this young adult novel (YA) is best enjoyed by girls ages 11-15. This listing is for the paperback edition which is 256 pages.

Synopsis: Someone is trying to wreck Nabila's Ramadan. But why? Ramadan is only days away when Nabila receives an anonymous note. But the note is not telling Nabila the writer hopes she'll enjoy Ramadan. The note writer claims to know a secret about Nabila that will ruin her; and the note ends with a threat: "I know your secret, Nabila, and soon the principal will too." Nabila wastes no time: she hires Khansa', the academy's reluctant girl detective, to find out who sent the note. But the anonymous note writer has no intention of letting Khansa' ruin their plan; they start using secret codes to encode messages that lead to evidence against Nabila that they've hidden in different places on the campus of the academy. Girl-detective Khansa races against time and a brilliant code writer to try to save Nabila's Ramadan. And her own.