A review by smalltownbookmom
Golden Girl by Reem Faruqi

4.0

A moving middle-grade novel in verse featuring seventh grader, Aafiyah Qamar, a Pakistani American girl who is struggling with kleptomania on top of having her father falsely arrested for a crime he didn't commit. Aafiyah also has hearing loss and is one of the first middle grade characters I've read about dealing frankly with an addiction I feel like a lot of kids this age experience at some point. Highly recommended, especially for fans of Red, white and whole. Great on audio too.