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I think this is a great representative book for young readers. I love the illustrations as well.

Don‘t carry the hurtful words others say. Let them float away.”

Use to teach about diversity, identity, and respect for cultural traditions.

A young girl celebrates her sister‘s first day wearing a hijab.

Read to Henry.

This was a wonderful book focused on Sadia & 2 other Muslim girls, all immigrants to Canada. Mariam has started de-jabbing (changing clothes & removing her headscarf) at school, Sadia is set on continuing to wear hers even as it makes playing basketball more difficult, and Amira is a newly arrived refugee from Syria. Along with their classmates they deal with changing friendships and seeing a wider perspective through a class photography project.

I really liked the story, I feel like it had a strong message. However, I think it was trying to do too much in the short amount of pages it had. There was a lot to deal with, and the author did an okay job. It all just needed a bit more to truly feel complete.