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ardinareads03's review against another edition
4.0
The story of a girl named Maryam or Mimi, who was visiting her mother's grandparents in the Pakistan, and Mimi was thrilled because it was her first visit to them. Mimi and her mom live in Texas and her dad left them a long time ago.
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Mimi was searching for his father, although her mother was always indifferent to it, and Mimi was constantly arguing with her about him. At there Mimi met up with sakina who worked with her Abba asa the cooker and sakina was eager to go to school but hampered her family's inadequate condition.
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Mimi and sakina became friendly and helpful. Sakina tried to help Mimi find her father and Mimi helped Sakina with her English to get an education scholarship.
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I love waking up with a story about their friendship that makes them cry. It deals with issues such as poverty, a gulf between rich and poor, friendships, relationships within the family, culture to politics. It's a midle grade story that's really a recommendation to read
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Mimi was searching for his father, although her mother was always indifferent to it, and Mimi was constantly arguing with her about him. At there Mimi met up with sakina who worked with her Abba asa the cooker and sakina was eager to go to school but hampered her family's inadequate condition.
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Mimi and sakina became friendly and helpful. Sakina tried to help Mimi find her father and Mimi helped Sakina with her English to get an education scholarship.
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I love waking up with a story about their friendship that makes them cry. It deals with issues such as poverty, a gulf between rich and poor, friendships, relationships within the family, culture to politics. It's a midle grade story that's really a recommendation to read
walkervii's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
reading_rant's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
milayeyo's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
3.5
jennybeastie's review against another edition
4.0
Mimi and her mother journey to Karachi, Pakistan to visit her grandparents for the summer. Mimi is missing her long-gone father and makes friends with Sakina, the daughter of the cook. Sakina wants desperately to go to school and needs a better grade on the English portion of an admissions test, and a friendship is born.
This book does a fabulous job with the two points of view -- Mimi's very American perspective, and Sakina's Pakistani one -- they are able to comment on, be puzzled by and work out the many cultural differences they encounter on their road to friendship, and that is a beautiful journey. As an American reader, there are many hard realities to accept in the book about the education of children and the scale of poverty worldwide -- we have plenty of our own, but it presents a different face here. Both of the girls are great characters and the story is well written and entertaining.
This book does a fabulous job with the two points of view -- Mimi's very American perspective, and Sakina's Pakistani one -- they are able to comment on, be puzzled by and work out the many cultural differences they encounter on their road to friendship, and that is a beautiful journey. As an American reader, there are many hard realities to accept in the book about the education of children and the scale of poverty worldwide -- we have plenty of our own, but it presents a different face here. Both of the girls are great characters and the story is well written and entertaining.
kristinakg's review against another edition
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
readingwithcats's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Chronic illness and Violence
jaymeshaw's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed the alternating perspectives of the two girls. I did learn a lot more about the Pakistani culture for sure. And I think this would be a great middle school read for any classroom.
ipushbooks's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The dual narration is the strongest feature of this book.
caitlinsgarden's review against another edition
5.0
An absolutely stunning middle grade novel about Mimi, a Pakistani American girl and Sakina, a Pakistani girl. It's a hard-hitting powerful story about female friendship, which I adored about it. Mimi comes to visit some family in Pakistan and there she meets the young girl who's a servant for the family - Sakina. Mimi wants to find her father whom she hasn't seen in ages and Sakina wants to learn to speak English better so she can go to school. It also deals with things like extreme poverty, class differences, and complicated family dynamics. As always, I was so impressed by how well it blended the painful topics with so much hope. It's SO beautiful and I highly recommend it.