Driving by starlight

Summary: In this debut YA friendship story set in Saudi Arabia, two girls navigate typical teen issues--crushes, college, family expectations, future hopes, and dreams. Sixteen-year-olds Leena and Mishie are best friends. They delight in small rebellions against the Saudi cultural police--secret Western clothing, forbidden music, flirtations. But Leena wants college, independence--she wants a different life. Though her story is specific to her world (a world where it's illegal for women to drive, where a ten-year-old boy is the natural choice as guardian of a fatherless woman), ultimately it's a story about friendship, family, and freedom that transcends cultural differences.

Item details

ISBN: 9781250133427
ISBN: 1250133424
Physical Description: print
regular print
HTML
280 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2018.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jacket flap.
Awards Note:	A Junior Library Guild selection.

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Subject:

Teenage girls Juvenile fiction
Friendship Juvenile fiction
Saudi Arabia Juvenile fiction
Best friends Fiction
Friendship Fiction
Women Saudi Arabia Fiction
Teenagers Saudi Arabia Fiction
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Coming of Age
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Girls & Women
YOUNG ADULT FICTION People & Places Middle East
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Social Themes Friendship
Friendship
Teenage girls
Saudi Arabia

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