By Nina Hamza
Hey, bookworms! Have you ever met somebody who loves words but not books? To us, they are human paradoxes! But the more we think about it the more it makes sense. I loved this book because at first, there was no clear meaning, but the deeper you delve into it, you finally see. Nina Hamza hoped to show how fractured things can become between people who once seemed as close as family. Mrs. Hamza hoped to expose the other aspect of our perfect society, and how even the closest of places have secrets.
Ahmed is quite sure this is one of the worst years of his life so far. Not only is his dad in ICU(Intensive Care Units), he and his family are moving to Minnesota. Being forced to move from his happy home of Hawaii, he moves to Minnesota. Once there, he meets family he never knew existed and begins to feel like home- until a bully ruins everything. Jack Hanson. When Jack begins his reign of terror, Add that to having to READ in Language arts and his dad in the hospital? Does no one care?
I was a little disappointed at the beginning when Mrs. Hamza seemed to paint Jack as a heartless villain. But as you go farther through the book, you finally discover Jack. I think that Nina Hamza is trying to paint a picture. No one is one thing. we all have secrets, reasons that make us who we are. We are products of our circumstances and our choices. Everyone is more than one thing. We are multilayered. But when one seems to be dealt all the bad hands in the luck of life, it shapes you, and you become the villain of another’s story.
Literary World 