A Kirkus Best Book
Allie Abraham has it all going for her a�" shea�TMs a straight-A student, with good friends and a close-knit family, and shea�TMs dating cute, popular, and sweet Wells Henderson. One problem: Wellsa�TMs father is Jack Henderson, Americaa�TMs most famous conservative shock jock . . . and Allie hasna�TMt told Wells that her family is Muslim. Ita�TMs not like Alliea�TMs religion is a secret, exactly. Ita�TMs just that her parents dona�TMt practice and raised her to keep her Islamic heritage to herself. But as Allie witnesses ever-growing Islamophobia in her small town and across the nation, she begins to embrace her faith a�" studying it, practicing it, and facing hatred and misunderstanding for it. Who is Allie, if she sheds the faA�ade of the a��perfecta�\x9d all-American girl? What does it mean to be a a��Good Muslim?a�\x9dAnd can a Muslim girl in America ever truly fit in?
Age Range: 12-18 | Grade Level: 7-9 | Lexile Measure: HL630L