{"id":39367,"date":"2021-06-25T22:29:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T02:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=39367"},"modified":"2021-06-25T22:29:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T02:29:41","slug":"review-of-aminas-song-by-hena-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=39367","title":{"rendered":"Review of Amina’s Song, by Hena Khan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Amina\u2019s Song<\/em><\/p>\n

by Hena Khan<\/p>\n

Salaam Reads (Simon & Schuster Children\u2019s Publishing), 2021. 280 pages.
\nReview written April 28, 2021, from a library book<\/p>\n

Amina\u2019s Song<\/em> comes after the events of Amina\u2019s Voice<\/em>, but I hadn\u2019t read the first book and did not feel lost during this one, so I think it’s okay to read them out of order.<\/p>\n

As Amina\u2019s Song<\/em> opens, Amina is visiting her family in Pakistan and having a wonderful time. Though she would like to fit in better and understand the language better, she\u2019s going to especially miss her cousin Zohra, who doesn\u2019t understand why she\u2019d want to live in America.<\/p>\n

But Amina has to go back to America to start seventh grade. Seventh grade has new challenges. She doesn\u2019t have many classes with her friends. And when they have a living history project, she chooses Malala, from Pakistan, only to have her classmates react that Pakistan must be a terrible place to live, where women don\u2019t have rights. How can she show them how beautiful Pakistan is?<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, there\u2019s a boy who\u2019s becoming her friend and everybody \u2013 including Amina \u2013 wonders what it means when a boy is your friend. He\u2019s showing her how to make digital music. And her beloved uncle back in Pakistan is very sick. Altogether, the book communicates the joys and conflicts and challenges of middle school in a lovely way.<\/p>\n

HenaKhan.com<\/a>
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