First edition.

409 pages ; 22 cm

Ages 12+. Little, Brown and Company.

The unlikely friendship between Syrian American boxer Khadija and Syrian refugee Leene reveals the pressures and expectations of the perfect Syrian daughter and the repercussions of the Syrian Revolution both at home and abroad.

Khadija Shami is a Syrian American high school senior raised on boxing and football. Saddled with a monstrous ego and a fierce mother to test it, she dreams of escaping her sheltered life to travel the world with her best friend. Leene Tahir is a Syrian refugee, doing her best to adjust to the wildly unfamiliar society of a suburban Detroit high school while battling panic attacks and family pressures. When their worlds collide the result is catastrophic. To Khadija, Leene embodies the tame, dutiful Syrian ideal she's long rebelled against. And to Leene, Khadija is the strong-willed, closed-off American who makes her doubt her place in the world. But as Khadija digs up Leene's past, a startling and life-changing discovery forces the two of them closer together. As the girls secretly race to unravel the truth, a friendship slowly and hesitantly begins blooming. Doubts are cast aside as they realize they have more in common than they each expected. What they find takes them on a journey all the way to Jordan, challenging what each knows about the other and herself.

Syrian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Teenage immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Expectation (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction.

Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.

Female friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Muslims -- Juvenile fiction.

Syria -- Juvenile fiction.

Syrian Americans -- Fiction.

Teenage immigrants -- Fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction.

Expectation -- Fiction.

Refugees -- Fiction.

Female friendship -- Fiction.

Muslims -- Fiction.

Syria -- Fiction.

JUVENILE FICTION / General.

Expectation (Psychology)

Female friendship.

Friendship.

Muslims.

Refugees.

Syrian Americans.

Teenage immigrants.

Syria.

Young adult fiction.

Bildungsromans.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Psychological fiction.

Romance fiction.

Young adult works.

Bildungsromans.

Psychological fiction.

Romance fiction.

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