Welcome to Litsy!

“I‘m exhausted from the burden of representing almost two billion people.”

Zara‘s family has waited years for their visa process to be finalized but some terrible things prevent that.

While this book deals with heavy subject matters like the very flawed immigration system here and the racism, I felt the book lacked Zara‘s voice as a character. I felt like I was being told rather than taken along in the story. Loved Zara‘s relationship with her parents. Wished we got more than the surface relationship with her friends.

I am glad someone is telling this story: examining the effects that the prolonged uncertainty of a lengthy legal immigration process has on families. I loved Zara‘s indomitable spirit. While I loved Khan‘s first book, I feel like this book trusted its readers less and sometimes reverted to telling where letting readers see would have made a more powerful statement.

Yay for release day deliveries! Can‘t wait to dive into these books.

#ittybittybookhaul #preorders