Author: skali

Muslim teens Zayneb and Adam lead very different lives. But when their paths unexpectedly cross, their feelings for each other take them in a new direction… “The bighearted, wildly charming, painfully real love story I’ve been waiting for” (New York Times bestselling author Becky Albertalli).

An Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2017 Saints and Misfits is an unforgettable debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life…starring a Muslim teen. There are three kinds of people in my world: 1. Saints, those special people moving the world forward. Sometimes you glaze over them. Or, at least, I do. They’re in your face so much, you can’t see them, like how you can’t see … so much, you can’t see them, like how you can’t see your nose. 2. Misfits, people who don’t belong. Like me–the way I don’t fit into Dad’s brand-new…