📖Recommend for Grades 8 and up📖
by S.K. Ali
After
getting suspended from school for confronting her racist teacher, Zayneb heads
early to visit her aunt in Doha for spring break. Adam is also flying home to
Doha, Qatar for spring break, with the secret that he was diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis in November. When Zayneb is boarding the plane, Adam notices
that she has a marvel and oddity journal just like him. The pair run into each
other again when it turns out Zayneb’s aunt is friends with Adam’s family.
Their chance encounter on the plane and seeing each other again is both a
marvel and an oddity for each of them.
Zayneb
and Adam’s perspectives are alternated to tell this tale. The format is unusual,
as it is supposed to be a transcribed version of their journals with their
marvel or oddity as the chapter heading. While both Zayneb and Adam can be
intriguing at times, Adam’s sister easily steals the scenes she appears in.
Some of the other characters are forgettable and may be confusing to keep track
of. Zayneb is Muslim and of Middle Eastern descent, which causes her to deal a
lot with various forms of racism throughout the book and her inability to stand
for it is inspiring even if her direct actions aren’t the wisest.
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