God's bigger than that!""), but finds she must first remind him of his own words. She wants to introduce him to her father (who taught her, ""Does it make sense that any God would choose some people and leave the others out?. Then Liyana tests her family's alleged unprejudiced beliefs when she befriends Omer, a Jewish boy. Initially, Nye (Never in a Hurry) focuses on the Abbouds' handling of conflicting cultural norms between American and Arab values as they settle into their new home (e.g., Liyana's father, Poppy, while forbidding her to wear ""short"" shorts, reacts in anger toward a relative who asks for Liyana's hand in marriage). However, from the moment the Abbouds are stopped by Jewish customs agents at the airport, they face racial prejudice and discord. Believing the unstable situation in that conflict-ridden city has improved, 14-year-old Liyana's family moves from St. This soul-stirring novel about the Abbouds, an Arab American family, puts faces and names to the victims of violence and persecution in Jerusalem today.
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