Iasmin Omar Ata

3 stars

A Muslim girl struggling with bullying, friendships and family comes across a djinn who tells her stories.

The illustrations were beautiful but the execution of the story was poor - it was confusing and the plot and resolutions were weak.

I had a hard time following this book -- there's a lot happening, much is implied by the illustrations, but I just couldn't get to the meat of the story.

“Have I done something wrong just by being myself? (pg 66)”

Cute artwork. I like that the author tried to give the characters some depth. I found Marjan's story a little confusing or maybe I need to reread. The pacing seemed off, but the friendship drama between Nayra and Rami was good (tho easily avoided as most highschool drama is)