A review by notinjersey
Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win by Susan Azim Boyer

5.0

Jasmine Zumideh will do whatever she can to get into NYU where she wants to major in journalism. To make her application stand out, she writes that she is the senior class president-elect – but the election hasn’t happened yet. So now she has to win. While her opponent is running on a platform of restoring order and bringing back the dress code, Jasmine’s campaign is derailed by the Iran Hostage Crisis – as an Iranian American, she has to decide whether to deny her heritage or display it. Plus she gets caught between her two best friends, she has to deal with her parents’ separation, her brother is expressing pro Iran sentiments, and her visiting aunt wants her to speak Farsi and cook Persian food. ⁣While the end of the book felt a little rushed (and refers to Passover as a 7 day holiday when it’s actually 8 days besides in Israel), I loved Jasmine and her journey the whole way through.