While Amina grapples with these questions, she is devastated when her local mosque is vandalized. Soojin is suddenly hanging out with Emily, one of the "cool" girls in the class, and even talking about changing her name to something more "American." Does Amina need to start changing too? Or hiding who she is to fit in? Except now that she's in middle school everything feels different.
She is happy just hanging out with her best friend, Soojin. (Mar.A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community in this sweet and moving middle-grade novel from the award-winning author of It's Ramadan, Curious George and Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns.Īmina has never been comfortable in the spotlight. Ing throughout, with her close familial relationships and self-proclaimed “identity crisis” as part of both cultures enabling frank discussions, and well-rounded supporting characters lending layers to the narrative. Though the prose style can feel somewhat simplistic at times, Amina remains engag. With his help, she aims to showcase her love of Pakistan and challenge her American classmates’ assumptions.
Her decision to dress up as Malala Yousafzai for a school project provokes negative commentary on Pakistan, even though “girls suffer from injustice everywhere in the world.” Meanwhile, the presence of Nico, a new French Egyptian classmate, sees Amina navigating the viability of platonic male-female friendships, as he partners with Amina to complete a songwriting project. To her disappointment, however, her classmates appear uninterested in hearing more about her trip and the people and vibrant places she’s come to love, even while feeling excluded from aspects of Pakistani culture. Upon her return to Wisconsin, Amina begins seventh grade smoothly, without the friendship conflicts that plagued her the previous year. In this sequel to Amina’s Voice, Khan returns to the world of Pakistani American teenager Amina Khokar, whose monthlong trip to Lahore is coming to an end as the book opens.
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