Saints and Misfits - Hardcover
by S. K. Ali
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:S. K. AliSeries:Saints and MisfitsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2017-06-13Pages:336
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for YouISBN-13:9781481499248ISBN-10:1481499246UPC:9781481499248Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, Girls & WomenBook Topic:Sexual Abuse, Religion & FaithAward:2018 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist - Young Adult Literature AwardSize:8.30 x 5.70 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCP5H2VZA1
A William C. Morris Award Finalist
An Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2017 Saints and Misfits is a "timely and authentic" (School Library Journal, starred review) debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life...starring a Muslim teen. There are three kinds of people in my world: 1. Saints, those special people moving the world forward. Sometimes you glaze over them. Or, at least, I do. They're in your face so much, you can't see them, like how you can't see your nose. 2. Misfits, people who don't belong. Like me--the way I don't fit into Dad's brand-new family or in the leftover one composed of Mom and my older brother, Mama's-Boy-Muhammad. Also, there's Jeremy and me. Misfits. Because although, alliteratively speaking, Janna and Jeremy sound good together, we don't go together. Same planet, different worlds. But sometimes worlds collide and beautiful things happen, right? 3. Monsters. Well, monsters wearing saint masks, like in Flannery O'Connor's stories. Like the monster at my mosque. People think he's holy, untouchable, but nobody has seen under the mask. Except me.
An Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2017 Saints and Misfits is a "timely and authentic" (School Library Journal, starred review) debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life...starring a Muslim teen. There are three kinds of people in my world: 1. Saints, those special people moving the world forward. Sometimes you glaze over them. Or, at least, I do. They're in your face so much, you can't see them, like how you can't see your nose. 2. Misfits, people who don't belong. Like me--the way I don't fit into Dad's brand-new family or in the leftover one composed of Mom and my older brother, Mama's-Boy-Muhammad. Also, there's Jeremy and me. Misfits. Because although, alliteratively speaking, Janna and Jeremy sound good together, we don't go together. Same planet, different worlds. But sometimes worlds collide and beautiful things happen, right? 3. Monsters. Well, monsters wearing saint masks, like in Flannery O'Connor's stories. Like the monster at my mosque. People think he's holy, untouchable, but nobody has seen under the mask. Except me.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for YouISBN-13:9781481499248ISBN-10:1481499246UPC:9781481499248Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, Girls & WomenBook Topic:Sexual Abuse, Religion & FaithAward:2018 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist - Young Adult Literature AwardSize:8.30 x 5.70 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCP5H2VZA1
S. K. Ali is the author of Saints and Misfits, a finalist for the American Library Association's 2018 William C. Morris Award and the winner of the APALA Honor Award and Middle East Book Honor Award; and Love from A to Z, a Today show Read with Jenna Book Club selection. Both novels were named best YA books of the year by various media including Entertainment Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. She is also the author of Misfit in Love and Love from Mecca to Medina. You can find Sajidah online at SKAliBooks.com and follow her on Instagram @SKAliBooks, TikTok @SKAliBooks, and on Twitter @SajidahWrites.
Publisher: Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for You
Awards
🏆 2018 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist - Young Adult Literature Award
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