{"id":8488,"date":"2020-09-15T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T04:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=8488"},"modified":"2021-05-28T20:34:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T00:34:32","slug":"top-ten-tuesday-september-15-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/top-ten-tuesday-september-15-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Tuesday | September 15, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Tuesday!<\/p>\n

Top Ten Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0is a Bookish Meme hosted by\u00a0That Artsy Reader Girl<\/a>, and this week’s theme is COVER FREEBIE!<\/b><\/p>\n

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I LOVE<\/strong> pretty book covers. If I’m looking for a book anywhere that doesn’t have the description readily available (aka, when I’m browsing my kindle or looking at books in the library\/bookstore), covers are what grab my attention. I actually had most of this post put together for a new meme I was going to join in last Friday, but I didn’t end up finishing the post in time, so I’m recycling it and using it today! I’ve already done my favorite covers of the first half of 2020<\/a>, and I’m waiting until December to do the last half, so today’s post is… TEN COVERS I LOVE THAT FEATURE FUN PATTERNS!<\/strong><\/p>\n

And now without any further ado, here’s this week’s Top Ten Tuesday!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Published on<\/strong> April 6, 2021 by Scholastic Press<\/a>
Genres:<\/strong> Contemporary<\/a>, Romance<\/a>, YA<\/a>, Queer<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 320
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Zara's family has waited years for their visa process to be finalized so that they can officially become US citizens. But it only takes one moment for that dream to come crashing down around them.<\/b>
\nSeventeen-year-old Pakistani immigrant, Zara Hossain, has been leading a fairly typical life in Corpus Christi, Texas, since her family moved there for her father to work as a pediatrician. While dealing with the Islamophobia that she faces at school, Zara has to lay low, trying not to stir up any trouble and jeopardize their family's dependent visa status while they await their green card approval, which has been in process for almost nine years.
\nBut one day her tormentor, star football player Tyler Benson, takes things too far, leaving a threatening note in her locker, and gets suspended. As an act of revenge against her for speaking out, Tyler and his friends vandalize Zara's house with racist graffiti, leading to a violent crime that puts Zara's entire future at risk. Now she must pay the ultimate price and choose between fighting to stay in the only place she's ever called home or losing the life she loves and everyone in it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t