The moment we met the monster was so unexpected and a hit to the gut. I guess at the beginning, which is when we meet the monster in Janna’s life. Review: There is so much I can say about Saints and Misfits that I almost don’t know where to begin. Except she knows a monster…one who happens to be parading around as a saint…Will she be the one to call him out on it? What will people in her tight knit Muslim community think of her then? She is trying to decide what kind of person she wants to be, and what it means to be a saint, a misfit, or a monster. While her heart might be leading her in one direction, her mind is spinning in others. Or won’t? Janna is still working all this out. Not that she would ever date him-Muslim girls don’t date. Or at least what a certain boy named Jeremy thinks. Janna Yusuf knows a lot of people can’t figure out what to make of her…an Arab Indian-American hijabi teenager who is a Flannery O’Connor obsessed book nerd, aspiring photographer, and sometime graphic novelist is not exactly easy to put into a box.Īnd Janna suddenly finds herself caring what people think. How much can you tell about a person just by looking at them? Summary: Saints and Misfits is an unforgettable debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life…starring a Muslim teen. Publisher: Salaam Reads/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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