Miss Mabel's School for Girls by Katie Cross

His father oscillates between being overbearing about Darius's depression and being unapproachable. Half Persian, half American, he feels like he's not enough of either.

I feel like this book is an underrated gem, and I really hope moreĭarius Kellner doesn't feel like he fits in anywhere. The writing in this book is also quite lovely. Each woman is an fully-formed individual with attitudes toward race, religion, and culture Through these five women, she covers a vast In subsequent chapters, Tara and Sonia'sĭaughters, Anna and Chantal, get their say. It begins in the 1960s when Ranee and herĭaughters Tara and Sonia move to New York City. Tells the story of three generations of Bengali-American women Highly recommend the audiobook, which is read by the author. I really enjoyed her relationship with her brother and her bestįriend. Relationship with her mother made me so sad. Liked how this book approached the question of religion. Trying to figure out who she is in relation to her parents and her twin The Poet X, a verse novel from slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo, In words and spends much of her time writing. Review copy from NetGalley.ĭaughter of Dominican immigrants growing up in Harlem. Saedi also deftly steers her readers through the ins and outs of Iranian history and culture and what the legalization process is like for an undocumented immigrant. Sara Saedi is exactly my age, and it was fun to read about a teenager who from my generation.

As she participated in the coming-of-age rituals of an average American teen, worries about deportation were a constant undercurrent. Americanized is the memoir of Sara's teen years. She didn't find out that she was living in the country illegally until she was thirteen. Sara Saedi immigrated to the United States with her family just after the Iranian Revolution. Best of all is how Ibi Zoboi brings Fabiola's Haitian Voodoo beliefs into the gritty reality of life in Detroit the result is a book that could almost be classified as magical realism.

I love how Fabiola's tale is interspersed with the stories of the new people and places in her life. Worried about how she's going to get her mother out of the detention center, Fabiola gets in over her head in this unfamiliar world. There, Fabiola tries to fit in with her three cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess, and their street-smart Detroit lives. immigration leaving Fabi to travel to her aunt's house in Detroit by herself. Fabiola Toussaint's mother is detained by U.S.

Miss Mabel's School for Girls by Katie Cross