"Khadija Shaami is a Syrian American high school senior raised on boxing and football. Saddled with a massive ego and a fierce mother to test it, she dreams of escaping her sheltered life to travel the world with her best friend. Leene Taher is a Syrian refugee with demons in her past, doing her best to adjust to the wildly unfamiliar society of a suburban Detroit high school. When their worlds collide, the result is catastrophic. To Khadija, Leene embodies the tame, dutiful Syrian ideal she's long rebelled against. And to Leene, Khadija is the strong-willed, closed-off American who makes her doubt her place in the world. But as Khadija digs up Leene's past, the carefully woven tapestry begins to unravel, and a heart-wrenching secret is uncovered. As the girls secretly race to uncover the painful truth, a friendship slowly blooms as they realize they have more in common than expected. What they find takes them on a journey all the way to Jordan, forcing them to reckon with what they know about themselves--and each other"--Dust jacket flap.
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