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245 pp.
| Holiday |
April, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8234-2332-3$17.95
(3)
YA
Three young people--Freya, Khadija, and Abdi--narrate their tale of conflicting cultures and intersecting identities in this story set in contemporary London and Somalia. Somalian refugee Khadija, to pay ransom on her kidnapped brother, models for Freya's fashion designer mother. Abdi, a young man of Somali descent, comes to terms with his identity. The trio's lives are entangled in unexpected and thought-provoking ways.