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The Impossibility of Us

by Katy UPPERMAN
320p. Feiwel & Friends/Swoon Reads. Jul. 2018. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781250127990.
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Gr 9 Up-Elise is 17, lives in San Francisco, and is looking forward to her senior year. Suddenly, her mother uproots her, and they move to a small California seaside town to be close to Audrey and Janie, Elise's sister-in-law and niece. Audrey is having trouble coping with the loss of her husband Nick, who was Elise's older brother and a soldier recently killed in Afghanistan. Both her mom and sister-in-law are xenophobic about the Middle East. Elise does not know anyone her own age in her new town, so she is thrilled when she meets Mati. He is kind, intelligent, and gorgeous. He is also Afghan, and Elise has to deal with the fears and prejudices of her mother and sister-in-law. A realistic portrayal of an intercultural relationship and all the difficulties that come with it
VERDICT Purchase where realistic romances are popular.-Grace Bazile, Brooklyn College
Reviewed by Grace Bazile , Sep 01, 2018

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