A book about the power of love and resistance from New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed.YESJamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state senate candidate—as long as he’s behind the scenes. When it comes to speaking to strangers (or, let’s face it, speaking at all to almost anyone) Jamie’s a choke artist. There’s no way he’d ever knock on doors to ask … Jamie’s a choke artist. There’s no way he’d ever knock on doors to ask people for their votes…until he meets Maya.
NO
Maya Rehman’s having the worst Ramadan ever. Her best friend is too busy to hang out, her summer trip is canceled, and now her parents are separating. Why her mother thinks the solution to her problems is political canvassing—with some awkward dude she hardly knows—is beyond her.
MAYBE SO
Going door to door isn’t exactly glamorous, but maybe it’s not the worst thing in the world. After all, the polls are getting closer—and so are Maya and Jamie. Mastering local activism is one thing. Navigating the cross-cultural crush of the century is another thing entirely.
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4.5 stars! Really cute love story filled with drama! I loved the passion for change that both Jamie and Maya had, however, that being said, I *really* don’t like politics, so when typical political drama with gaslighting and manipulation were present, I didn’t enjoy that at all. I do get that it’s supposed to make me uncomfortable, and man it succeeded. I really liked the self discovery that Jamie and Maya went through separately and together, and I enjoyed seeing how their different religions played a part in their decisions about life.
nice book
Book 114 towards my goal of 290! 4/5 stars for this coming of age YA Contemporary. Great for fans of You Say It First! Some great diversity in this one! What happens when two 17 year olds decide to get involved in a local political race they aren’t even old enough to vote in! They canvas, put up flyers, and maybe some sparks fly in between. Definitely recommend!
This young adult fiction novel of a relationship between a Jewish boy Jamie and a Muslim girl Maya who meet and date with multicultural aspects. I really enjoyed reading this book. I received this free book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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This was the First Audiobook I’ve ever listened to , And I’m so glad it was .
The narration was extremely enjoyable and the book was fascinating .
Becky Albertalli is one of my favorite authors , I Already Read her previous books and I love her writing style , She is amazing in writing contemporary young adult books .
This book was super diverse as the rest of her books ( Becky Albertalli ) but it was also more interesting with the addition of Aisha Saeed , I loved that the main characters are Muslim and Jewish .
How they navigated the different families issues and how they discussed important topics like Islamophobia and the role of Youth in Politics , were completely Interesting .
Jamie and Maya characters were so sweet and young , I loved how they realistically described their feelings as teenagers .
But I gave this 4 stars because of the ending , for me the last chapters were rushed and I wished they wrote more about Maya’s issues with relationship ( Which I won’t discuss here , to prevent spoiling you ) . In my opinion , that’s an extremely important topic especially for Muslim teenagers and It needed more talk and depth .
Regardless of the ending , this is an extremely important book , I highly recommend it .
I tore through this book. I loved the romance intertwined with the political aspect. Great book!
This was quite the story. Going by the synopsis and the fact that it’s YA, I won’t be spoiling much. But I will be saying a couple things that could be spoilery; if you want to go into this story blind, I suggest you stop here.
It starts off as a “used to be friends as toddlers” to “teen friends” story. Then becomes a blossoming bestie story. And then it turns into “friends to more”. It felt like a natural turn of events, especially for Jamie. I love when two characters have this amazing bond of friendship and then it becomes a beautiful and all consuming love.
What I loved the most about this was how Jamie and Maya grew to lean on each other. They were there for one another when the other needed it. No hesitation. No questions. No explanation necessary. They saw that their friend needed them, and I thought that was beautiful.
Again, just going by the synopsis, you can tell this is going to focus on politics. But it honestly didn’t feel overly politically heavy. Being Canadian, I personally don’t know an awful lot about American politics, and sometimes political stories become confusing to me so I often avoid them. Thankfully all of the politics in this book were handled well and easily explained. I never felt like I didn’t understand what was going on or what a character’s motivation was to certain plot points. I applaud the authors for making this story easy to understand in that aspect. I feel like this is the type of book that would encourage young adults to learn about the political systems in their areas and to get out there and vote once they reach the legal age.