A review by sarahbowman101
Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. by Medeia Sharif

3.0

Almira decides, for the first time, to observe Ramadan with her family. She is one of the few Muslims at her fancy school in a fancy area in Miami which makes things like school lunch complicated. Most of Almira's friends are Hispanic but she is in love with a blonde artsy type. Almira's family is very modern in many ways, but they forbid dating of any kind. In the process, Almira has difficulty with school, Peter the Blond Arty Type, her friends, her parents and her grandpa. A lot of her difficulties make her identifiable, but her self introspection was too self-aware to be believable for a teenager (or anyone really). Still sweet enough to be recommended to a young teen looking for a multi-ethnic novel.