![]() ![]() ![]() She is trying to decide what kind of person she wants to be, and what it means to be a saint, a misfit, or a monster. Morris Award finalist and an Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of the Yearis a timely and authentic (School Library Journal, starred review) debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Lifestarring a Muslim teen. While her heart might be leading her in one direction, her mind is spinning in others. Or won’t? Janna is still working all this out. Saints, those special people moving the world forward. Not that she would ever date him-Muslim girls don’t date. Morris Award finalist and an Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of the Yearis a timely and authentic (School Library Journal, starred review) debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Lifestarring a Muslim teen. ![]() Or at least what a certain boy named Jeremy thinks. Janna Yusuf knows a lot of people can’t figure out what to make of her…an Arab Indian-American hijabi teenager who is a Flannery O’Connor obsessed book nerd, aspiring photographer, and sometime graphic novelist is not exactly easy to put into a box.Īnd Janna suddenly finds herself caring what people think. How much can you tell about a person just by looking at them? Aints and Misfits is an unforgettable debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life…starring a Muslim teen. ![]()
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