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Abawi, Atia

The Secret Sky

300 pp. | Philomel | September, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-16078-3 $17.99
(4) YA Budding romance leads to violence in this love story set in rural Afghanistan. When Fatima and Sami are caught in a chaste but clandestine meeting, Sami's cousin, Rashid, summons his extremist friends to punish the pair for adultery. All three teens face spiraling consequences of their actions in alternating chapters. Thin characterization detracts somewhat from an otherwise unique and affecting story.
Reviewer: Jessica Tackett MacDonald

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