{"product_id":"9781481499255","title":"Saints and Misfits","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eAli, S. K.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSalaam Reads \/ Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaints and Misfits\u003c\/i\u003e—a William C. Morris Award finalist and an \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eBest YA Book of the Year—is a “timely and authentic” (\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) debut novel that feels like a modern day \u003ci\u003eMy So-Called Life\u003c\/i\u003e…starring a Muslim teen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are three kinds of people in my world:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. Saints, those special people moving the world forward. Sometimes you glaze over them. Or, at least, I do. They’re in your face so much, you can’t see them, like how you can’t see your nose.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. Misfits, people who don’t belong. Like me—the way I don’t fit into Dad’s brand-new family or in the leftover one composed of Mom and my older brother, Mama’s-Boy-Muhammad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAlso, there’s Jeremy and me. Misfits. Because although, alliteratively speaking, Janna and Jeremy sound good together, we don’t go together. Same planet, different worlds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut sometimes worlds collide and beautiful things happen, right?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. Monsters. Well, monsters wearing saint masks, like in Flannery O’Connor’s stories.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLike the monster at my mosque.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePeople think he’s holy, untouchable, but nobody has seen under the mask.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eExcept me.","brand":"Salaam Reads \/ Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42937974063359,"sku":"9781481499255","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781481499255_s600x595.jpg?v=1776101132","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781481499255","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}