Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
She's like a Rainbow

She's like a Rainbow

Colucci, Eileen

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN10: 1533447276
ISBN13: 9781533447272
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 13 2016
Pages: 310
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The summer I turned ten, my life took a fairy tale turn. So begins Reema Ben Ghazi's tale set in Morocco. Reema awakes one morning to find her skin has changed from whipped cream to dark chocolate. From then on, every few years she undergoes another metamorphosis, her color changing successively to red, yellow and ultimately brown. What is the cause of this strange condition and is there a cure? Does the legend of the White Buffalo have anything to do with it? As Reema struggles to find answers to these questions, she confronts the reactions of the people around her, including her strict and unsympathetic mother, Lalla Jamila; her timid younger sister, Zakia; and her two best friends, Batoul and Khalil. At the same time, she must deal with the trials of adolescence even as her friendship with Khalil turns to first love. One day, in her search for answers, Reema discovers a shocking secret. As a result, Reema embarks on a quest that takes her from twentieth-century Rabat to post-9/11 New York. Reema's humanity shines through her story, reminding us of all we have in common regardless of our particular cultural heritage. We are all connected. SHE'S LIKE A RAINBOW, which will appeal to teens as well as adults, raises intriguing questions about identity and ethnicity.

Also in

General Fiction

View All