📖Recommend for
Grades 9 and up📖
by Tahereh Mafi
It’s a year after the terrorist
attacks that took place on September 11, 2001, and life isn’t easy for high
school sophomore and Muslim-American teen Shirin who has been even more jaded
and cynical since the attacks. People are cruel to her when they see her
wearing her hijab, and see no issue taking their anger out on her. When she is
paired with Ocean James as a lab partner, he seems to take an interest in
getting to know her and Shirin finds herself questioning taking down the walls
she has built around her.
This book is an honest voice about
life after 9/11, written by a Muslim-American author. Shirin can come across as
rude and annoying but it makes sense based on the way most people treat her.
This is truly a wonderful read and should not be missed.
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