All-American Muslim Girl

by Nadine Jolie Courtney

Book Overview

A Kirkus Best Book of 2019

Nadine Jolie Courtney's All-American Muslim Girl is a relevant, relatable story of being caught between two worlds, and the struggles and hard-won joys of finding your place.

Allie Abraham has it all going for her--she's a straight-A student, with good friends and a close-knit family, and she's dating popular, sweet Wells Henderson. One problem: Wells's father is Jack Henderson,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374309523
• ISBN13: 9780374309527
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Not bad

This is a good story. But it’s nothing new or ground breaking. I liked the main character, Allie. She had a strong personality and I want all Muslim girls to be unapologetically themself like how Allie was. The reason why I didn’t give this book 5 stars is because it was realllllly long when I honestly do not think it had to be. Additionally, I think the author should’ve made sure she didn’t confuse Islam with her westernized ideologies. Islam has a strict view on dating. There’s no such thing as halal dating. Why was she trying to push it and make it seem normal? Idk. I understand Allie was new to Islam. But rules are rules. If you break them, that’s fine, but don’t try to make it seem like the rules are the things that are wrong and need to be changed. This book def has liberal sprinkled in it but it wasn’t like overboard or anything.