Genre: Coming-of-Age, Contemporary Fiction Tone: Reflective, sardonic, with moments of humor and poignancy Setting: Present-day Pakistan (primarily Lahore and a smaller town for religious study), with flashbacks to the protagonist's life in the U.S. Protagonist: Javier "Javi" Morales, a 16-year-old Puerto Rican-American from New York Core Theme: The disillusionment with organized religion and the search for personal truth
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