Amina is a Pakistani American girl whose best friend is a Korean immigrant girl named Soojin. When Soojin reaches out to Emily, who used to tease Amina when she was younger, Amina feels betrayed and wonders if she is losing her best friend to the "popular" crowd. She gets more concerned when Soojin decides to change her name to Susan when she goes through her upcoming ceremony to become a US citizen. Amina wonders if she should just hang out with her own kind, the other kids at the Muslim community center, but is only sticking with her own kind the real way to happiness?This was a sweet and timely realistic fiction that gave me new incite into the daily life of Muslim Americans. It is a very positive book that shows Amina relying on her faith, and diverse religious communities coming together to help each other. I love books about good kids trying to do what is right.This one might be a good choice for a future Mother/Daughter book club. (2017, 197 p.)
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