The love & lies of Rukhsana Ali /

Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali is looking forward to going to Caltech and getting away from her conservative Muslim parents' expectation that she will marry, especially since she is in love with her girlfriend Ariana, but when her parents catch her kissing Ariana, they whisk Rukhsana off to Ba...

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Main Author:	Khan, Sabina, 1968- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scholastic Press, [2019]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Muslim girls > Fiction. Bengali Americans > Juvenile fiction. Lesbians > Juvenile fiction. Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction. Identity (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction. Arranged marriage > Juvenile fiction. Muslims > United States > Fiction. Bengali Americans > Fiction. Lesbians > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Identity > Fiction. Arranged marriage > Fiction. JUVENILE FICTION > General. Bangladesh > Social life and customs > Juvenile fiction. Bangladesh > Social life and customs > Fiction.

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Summary:	Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali is looking forward to going to Caltech and getting away from her conservative Muslim parents' expectation that she will marry, especially since she is in love with her girlfriend Ariana, but when her parents catch her kissing Ariana, they whisk Rukhsana off to Bangladesh and a world of tradition and arranged marriages, and she must find the courage to fight for the right to choose her own path.
Physical Description:	326 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	9781338227017 1338227017