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YA novel-in-verse that is incredible. Nima’s search for identity within her Sudanese heritage is complicated by the extreme racism she faces in the US, along with a mother who spends most of her time being sad and a cloud of doubt surrounding the meaning and choice of her name. Also loved the jinn pieces of this and the blurry boundaries between what is real and imagined.
I received a free ALC from Libro.fm.fm for this book. I’m not a huge poetry fan, but I’ve enjoyed listening to novels in verse on my runs. This was an interesting story. The beginning focuses a lot on identity, bullying, teenage life, etc, but then the book moves more into magical realism, as the character finds her “other” self and learns more about her parents’ past and what happened and the what if’s. It was good and had strong voice, but it was like the story did a 180 in that latter bit.
Aug 21, 2021
Sam
marked it as to-read
Apr 10, 2021
Helle Kirstein
rated it
it was amazing
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