A fun and insightful young novel that provides a peek into different cultural experiences through the friendship of Leila and Ilana. This terrific storybook doesn’t just stop with Muslim and Jewish insights, it also explores the diversity of other students in the classroom. Readers will love the adventures and learn a little bit more about their own friends and neighbors along the way. Highly recommended.

—Rabbi Stacia Deutsch

New York Times bestselling author

is a heartwarming story of friendship

between a Muslim and Jewish girl, that celebrates the age the innocence and purity of their tender age. An admirable effort by two interfaith activists who planted a seed of Salaam/Shalom for many beautiful peace trees to grow!

—Sahar Khamis, Ph.D. 

Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland

The Adventures of Leila and Ilana is a story of two girls, one Muslim and one Jewish, who become best friends in this fun and endearing story about the power of being yourself in spite of the challenges.