{ "item_title" : "American Fever", "item_author" : [" Dur E. Aziz Amna "], "item_description" : "WINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATUREUSA Today Best books of AugustChristian Science Monitor Ten Best Books of AugustThe Millions Most Anticipated Books of 2022Harper's Bazaar Must-Read Books of August 2022Debuts of the Season by Vogue IndiaBustle Most Anticipated Books of August 2022A funny and affecting novel...a wonderful new spin on the coming-of-age story. A smart, charming debut. (Kirkus, starred review)A fascinating mix of immigrant tale, coming-of-age narrative, and cultural exposition...tackling some of the big migration questions of home and identity. (Booklist)Dur E Aziz Amna has written an extraordinary coming-of-age story showcasing the experiences of a Pakistani Muslim girl coming to America. The novel uses brilliant storytelling to immerse readers and sheds light on the realities of what it is like being a foreigner living in a rural American town and the harsh emotional tension it entails.--From the citation for the Asian/Pacific American Award for LiteratureThis is a fearless, exacting, essential work, and marks the debut of a thrilling new global voice.--Peter Ho Davies, author of The Welsh Girl On a year-long exchange program in rural Oregon, a Pakistani student, sixteen-year-old Hira, must swap Kashmiri chai for volleyball practice and try to understand why everyone around her seems to dislike Obama. A skeptically witty narrator, Hira finds herself stuck between worlds. The experience is memorable for reasons both good and bad; a first kiss, new friends, racism, Islamophobia, homesickness. Along the way Hira starts to feel increasingly unwell until she begins coughing up blood, and receives a diagnosis of tuberculosis, pushing her into quarantine and turning her newly established home away from home upside down. American Fever is a compelling and laugh-out-loud funny novel about adolescence, family, otherness, religion, the push-and-pull of home. It marks the entrance on the international literary scene of the brilliant fresh voice of Dur e Aziz Amna.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/95/099/449/195099449X_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "26.99", "online_price" : "26.99", "our_price" : "26.99", "club_price" : "26.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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