Description
Exiled to the United States after her father, a Middle Eastern dictator, is killed in a coup, fifteen-year-old Laila must cope with a completely new way of life, the truth of her father's regime, and her mother and brother's ways of adjusting.
Description
Exiled to the United States after her father, a Middle Eastern dictator, is killed in a coup, fifteen-year-old Laila must cope with a completely new way of life, the truth of her father's regime, and her mother and brother's ways of adjusting.
Publication
Alfred A. Knopf (2014), 304 pages
Awards
Colorado Blue Spruce Award (Nominee — 2016)
Milwaukee County Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2015)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — High School — 2017)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2015)
Language
ISBN
0449809978 / 9780449809976