A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this unforgettable debut novel, an Indian-American Muslim teen copes with Islamophobia, cultural divides among peers and parents, and a reality she can neither explain nor escape.
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She\'s lived in Vermont, Chicago, New York City, and Kauai, where she spent a year searching for the perfect mango.
A graduate of the University of Chicago, she taught high school English, helped create dozens of small high schools, and fought to secure billions of additional dollars to fairly fund public schools.
About the Author: Samira Ahmed was born in Bombay, India, and grew up in a small town in Illinois in a house that smelled like fried onions, cardamom, and potpourri.
Ultimately, Maya must find the strength within to determine where she truly belongs.
The community she\'s known since birth becomes unrecognizable; neighbors and classmates are consumed with fear, bigotry, and hatred.
But in the aftermath of a horrific crime perpetrated hundreds of miles away, her life is turned upside down.
There\'s the proper one her parents expect for their good Indian daughter: attending a college close to their suburban Chicago home and being paired off with an older Muslim boy her mom deems "suitable." And then there is the world of her dreams: going to film school and living in New York City--and pursuing a boy she\'s known from afarsince grade school.
Seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this unforgettable debut novel, an Indian-American Muslim teen copes with Islamophobia, cultural divides among peers and parents, and a reality she can neither explain nor escape
