I am forever grateful and appreciate your kindness. I would love to thank Alexandra from Twirling Pages for passing this book to me and Tiffany from Read by Tiffany for the shipping cost. Until a marvel and an oddity occurs… Marvel: Adam and Zayneb meeting. Oddity: Adam and Zayneb meeting. Intent on keeping the memory of his mom alive for his little sister. Adam’s also intent on keeping his diagnosis a secret from his grieving father. Alone, Adam and Zayneb are playing roles for others, keeping their real thoughts locked away in their journals. Since he got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November, Adam’s stopped going to classes, intent, instead, on perfecting the making of things. Fueled by the guilt of getting her friends in trouble, she resolves to try out a newer, “nicer” version of herself in a place where no one knows her. When she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt’s house in Doha, Qatar, for an early start to spring break. But Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn’t bad. Like Zayneb’s teacher, who won’t stop reminding the class how “bad” Muslims are. Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together. Like potatoes-because they make French fries happen.
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