Saints and Misfits, S. K. Ali
Saints and Misfits, S. K. Ali
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Saints and Misfits

Author: S. K. Ali

Narrator: Ariana Delawari

Unabridged: 8 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/11/2017


Synopsis

Saints and Misfits is an unforgettable debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life…starring a Muslim teen.

There are three kinds of people in my world:

1. 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.

2. 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.

Also, 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.

But sometimes worlds collide and beautiful things happen, right?

3. Monsters. Well, monsters wearing saint masks, like in Flannery O’Connor’s stories.

Like the monster at my mosque.

People think he’s holy, untouchable, but nobody has seen under the mask.

Except me.

About The Author

S.K. Ali is a teacher based in Toronto whose writing on Muslim culture and life has appeared in the Toronto Star. Her family of Muslim scholars is consistently listed in the The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World, and her insight into Muslim culture is both personal and far-reaching. A mother of a teenage daughter herself, S.K. Ali’s debut YA novel is a beautiful and nuanced story about a young woman exploring her identity through friendship, family, and faith.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Yusra on May 28, 2019

wow. who knew this book was going to be such a breath of fresh air, and at the same time, hold an incredible emotional burden? tw- sexual assault to be honest, i think the best way to write this review is just tell you what i loved and what i … hated? because me jumping into this expecting some great......more

Goodreads review by chan ☆ on October 31, 2021

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