Love from A to Z (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781534442726)

A Today Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick

"The bighearted, wildly charming, painfully real love story I've been waiting for." --Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

From William C. Morris Award Finalist S.K. Ali comes a "heartfelt and powerful" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) romance that's The Sun Is Also a Star meets Anna and the French Kiss, following two Muslim teens who meet during a spring break trip.

A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes--because they make French fries happen. Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together.

An oddity: whatever gives you pause. Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Like Zayneb's teacher, who won't stop reminding the class how "bad" Muslims are.

But Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn't bad. She's angry.

When she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt's house in Doha, Qatar, for an early start to spring break.

Fueled by the guilt of getting her friends in trouble, she resolves to try out a newer, "nicer" version of herself in a place where no one knows her.

Then her path crosses with Adam's.

Since he got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November, Adam's stopped going to classes, intent, instead, on perfecting the making of things. Intent on keeping the memory of his mom alive for his little sister.

Adam's also intent on keeping his diagnosis a secret from his grieving father.

Alone, Adam and Zayneb are playing roles for others, keeping their real thoughts locked away in their journals.

Until a marvel and an oddity occurs...

Marvel: Adam and Zayneb meeting.

Oddity: Adam and Zayneb meeting.

Author: S. K. Ali
ISBN-10: 1534442723
ISBN-13: 9781534442726
Publisher: Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for You
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2019
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 507815 / Love from A to Z


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/15/2019 pg. 51
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2019 pg. 146
School Library Journal 05/01/2019 pg. 99
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2019
Shelf Awareness 11/26/2019
Publishers Weekly 05/27/2019
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2019 pg. 78
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average