Age: 4th-7th grade
Tough Issue:

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Younger sister with cancer, survivor

Identity: Pakistani American
First line: "'This is the worst Eid ever!' Aleeza flops onto the sofa and grabs the TV remote."

Jameela is ready to take control as a seventh-grade aspiring journalist but the world has other plans. Her newspaper's editor-in-chief attempts to tamp down Jam's passion for hard-hitting stories, she has complications with a freshly arrived British friend (and love interest), her unemployed father must go overseas for a contracted position, and her younger sister falls seriously ill. And the school year's only halfway done!

I am so happy that Khan gives her writing talent to the middle elementary audience in yet another complex, gripping, and naturally appealing story of a passionate Muslim American girl. Although Jameela's religion is not the center of the story like Amina's Voice, it is beautifully woven throughout.