Genre: Young Adult, Poetry
Source: I received a copy from Netgalley. The opinions
expressed here are my own.
This was a
new author for me, and I’m glad that I found her. I read this book from cover
to cover in a little under two hours. This is the story of a young girl named Nima
who is trying to find her place, and who she is. Because she is of Arab decent, she is often
bullied. She doesn’t feel like she fits in with her mother and the country she
came from. She doesn’t feel like she fits in to her new country. She can deal
with all of this as long as she has her best friend Haitham. But words have
power and cost her the best friend she has.
This is a
wonderful book. It shows the depth of pain not only the main character goes
through, but the pain of her mother and friends. When you don’t fit into your
parent’s culture and you don’t fit into the culture of your own country things
can be rough. The author didn’t sugar coat this subject. It is a raw and honest
look of what people of Arab decent went through right after 9/11. The prejudice,
hate and how when it comes down to bullying adults will often be just as
bad. I loved watching how she struggled
to find her identity only to realize deep down she already knew who she was.
This book comes out in March but it is one I will recommend to teachers and
students alike.
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