Mad, bad & dangerous to know, Samira Ahmed
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Mad, bad & dangerous to know, Samira Ahmed
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 14, Soho Teen
resource.interestGradeLevel
Grades 10-12, Soho Teen
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Mad, bad & dangerous to know
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1108320774
Responsibility statement
Samira Ahmed
Summary
Told in alternating narratives that bridge centuries, the latest novel from bestselling author Samira Ahmed traces the lives of two young women fighting to write their own stories and escape the pressure of familial burdens and cultural expectations in worlds too long defined by menAugust in Paris. This holiday with her professor parents should be a dream trip for budding art historian Khayyam Maquet-- American, French, Indian, Muslim. But her maybe-ex-boyfriend is ghosting her, she might have just blown her chance at getting into her dream college, and all she wants is to be back home in Chicago figuring out her messy life. Two hundred years before Khayyam's summer of discontent, Leila is struggling to survive and keep her true love hidden from the Pasha who has 'gifted' her with favored status in his harem. Two lives: one to be uncovered; the other transformed
Target audience
adolescent
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