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Bestest. Ramadan. Ever.

Bestest. Ramadan. Ever.

by Medeia Sharif (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

    $12.93
Synopsis

I vow that this will be my first successful fast. During Ramadan, we're not allowed to eat from sunrise to sunset, for a whole month. My family does this every year, even though I've been to a mosque exactly twice in my fifteen years. My exercise - obsessed mum - whose hotness skipped a generation, sadly - says I could stand to lose a few. But is torture really an acceptable method? I think not. Things wouldn't be so bad if I had a boyfriend, but my oppressive parents forbid me to date. This is just cruel and wrong. Especially since Peter, a cute and crushable artist, might be my soul mate. Figures my bestest friend Lisa likes him, too. To top it off, there's a new Muslim girl in school who struts around in super-short skirts, commanding every boy's attention-including Peter's. How can I get him to notice me? And will I ever feel like a typical American girl?

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 312
 Edition: Original
 Publisher: Flux
Published: 01 Aug 2011
ISBN 10: 0738723231
ISBN 13: 9780738723235

Media Reviews
A humorous, hip look at the ups and downs of fasting for Ramadan within the context of intergenerational and cultural challenges. --Kirkus Reviews
I love Almira Abdul--the honest, tell-it-like-it-is, funny, and very real main character of Medeia Sharif's wonderful, eye-opening debut. --Melissa Senate, author of See Jane Date
Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. deftly combines humor and poignancy with an authentic teen voice set against the multicultural background of vibrant Miami and Almira's loving yet strict Muslim family. --Paula Yoo, author of Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds and Good Enough
I laughed out loud as Almira struggled to fit in with her traditional family as well as the rest of the world. --Sydney Salter, author of My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters
-A humorous, hip look at the ups and downs of fasting for Ramadan within the context of intergenerational and cultural challenges.- --Kirkus Reviews
-I love Almira Abdul--the honest, tell-it-like-it-is, funny, and very real main character of Medeia Sharif's wonderful, eye-opening debut.- --Melissa Senate, author of See Jane Date
-Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. deftly combines humor and poignancy with an authentic teen voice set against the multicultural background of vibrant Miami and Almira's loving yet strict Muslim family.- --Paula Yoo, author of Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds and Good Enough
-I laughed out loud as Almira struggled to fit in with her traditional family as well as the rest of the world.- --Sydney Salter, author of My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters
Author Bio
Medeia Sharif is a Kurdish-American author and high school English teacher. She received her Master's degree in psychology from Florida Atlantic University. This is her debut novel. Visit her online at www.sharifwrites.com.