Saints and Misfits
By: S. K. Ali
Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing
Salaam Reads/ Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Teens and YA
Published Date June 13, 2017
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I not only own this book but I was given the chance to review an e-arc of it through net galley.
I gave this book 4 stars. I wasn't sure I was going to like it but it read fast and it surprised me.
This book is about a high school girl who is from a divorced family and her brother moves back home from college for a year. Her brother is changing majors and their dad refuses to pay for this major changes so he has to move to go to work so he can save up money to finish out college. She has to give up her room and share with her mom and she isn't happy about that.
She is Muslin and finds she has an interest in a non muslin boy and her best friend tries to help her. She is still learning about herself and dealing with family issues.
She is also dealing with a situation that no teenager let alone a girl should have to do. This comes out near the beginning of the book so it isn't a spoiler but another friend has a boy cousin who tried to rape her but likely was stopped by her friend's mother unknowingly.
There is a lot of normal high school stuff going on and it brought back some memories for me.
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