by Sabina Khan
Copyright © 2019 by Sabina Khan
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Khan, Sabina, 1968– author.
Title: The love and lies of Rukhsana Ali / Sabina Khan.
Description: First edition. | New York: Scholastic Press, 2019. | Summary: Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali is looking forward to going to Caltech and getting away from her conservative Muslim parents’ expectation that she will marry, especially since she is in love with her girlfriend, Ariana—but when her parents catch her kissing Ariana, they whisk Rukhsana off to Bangladesh and into a world of tradition and arranged marriages, and she must find the courage to fight for the right to choose her own path.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018033253 (print) | LCCN 2018036154 (ebook) | ISBN 9781338227024 | ISBN 9781338227017 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Muslim girls—Juvenile fiction. | Bengali Americans—Juvenile fiction. | Lesbians—Juvenile fiction. | Mothers and daughters—Juvenile fiction. | Identity (Psychology)—Juvenile fiction. | Arranged marriage—Juvenile fiction. | Bangladesh—Social life and customs—Juvenile fiction. | CYAC: Muslims—United States—Fiction. | Bengali Americans—Fiction. | Lesbians—Fiction. | Mothers and daughters—Fiction. | Identity—Fiction. | Arranged marriage—Fiction. | Bangladesh—Social life and customs—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.K5315 (ebook) | LCC PZ7.1.K5315 Lo 2019 (print) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
First edition, February 2019
Jacket art and design by Maeve Norton
e-ISBN 978-1-338-22702-4
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