<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3133×2000+0+0/resize/3133×2000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcf%2Faf%2Fdb32767b4ef2a85aeae6b5bc881c%2Fdiptych-strongest-heart2.jpg' alt='Saadia Faruqi, a popular young adult author, says her new book, The Strongest Heart, is a book she wished she could have read when she was growing up and coping with her father’s mental illness.’/>
Saadia Faruqi, author of the popular Yasmin book series, has written a new book, The Strongest Heart, that mirrors her own life — growing up with a father who likely had undiagnosed schizophrenia.
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