From the critically acclaimed author of Aminaâs Voice comes a new story inspired by Louisa May Alcottâs beloved classic, Little Women, featuring four sisters from a modern American Muslim family living in Georgia.
When Jameela Mirza is picked to be feature editor of her middle school newspaper, sheâs one step closer to being an award-winning journalist like her late grandfather. The problem is her editor-in-chief keeps shooting down her article ideas. Jameelaâs assigned to write about the new boy in school, who has a cool British accent but doesnât share much, and wonders how sheâll make his story gripping enough to enter into a national media contest.
Jameela, along with her three sisters, is devastated when their father needs to take a job overseas, away from their cozy Georgia home for six months. Missing him makes Jameela determined to write an epic articleâone to make her dad extra proud. But when her younger sister gets seriously ill, Jameelaâs world turns upside down. And as her hunger for fame looks like it might cost her a blossoming friendship, Jameela questions what matters most, and whether sheâs cut out to be a journalist at allâĶ
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