But the whole process might end up compromised when Zara becomes the target of vicious bullying from a school bigot. Her father is a physician with a work visa and they're waiting on their green cards. Zara is a Pakistani girl living in Texas. It's a fully fleshed-out story with a strong protagonist, good pacing, and lots of suspense.
Like, this is the work of an established author who feels comfortable in her writing skin.
I thought the author's other book was only okay, as it had a lot of the problems that typically plague a debut, but the premise of this one was intriguing enough that I definitely wanted to see how the author improved- which she did! So, so much. Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || Pinterest Now she must pay the ultimate price and choose between fighting to stay in the only place she's ever called home or losing the life she loves and everyone in it.įrom the author of the "heart-wrenching yet hopeful" (Samira Ahmed) novel, The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali, comes a timely, intimate look at what it means to be an immigrant in America today, and the endurance of hope and faith in the face of hate. As an act of revenge against her for speaking out, Tyler and his friends vandalize Zara's house with racist graffiti, leading to a violent crime that puts Zara's entire future at risk. While dealing with the Islamophobia that she faces at school, Zara has to lay low, trying not to stir up any trouble and jeopardize their family's dependent visa status while they await their green card approval, which has been in process for almost nine years.īut one day her tormentor, star football player Tyler Benson, takes things too far, leaving a threatening note in her locker, and gets suspended. Seventeen-year-old Pakistani immigrant, Zara Hossain, has been leading a fairly typical life in Corpus Christi, Texas, since her family moved there for her father to work as a pediatrician. But it only takes one moment for that dream to come crashing down around them. Zara's family has waited years for their visa process to be finalized so that they can officially become US citizens.
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