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When Taliah’s mother is away, the sixteen‑year‑old is whisked away to Oak Falls, Indiana, where her estranged father—a famous rock star—arrives to meet his dying father and the rest of his family. On the journey, Taliah learns the story of how her parents met and split, discovers her mother’s experience as a Jordanian immigrant, and confronts her own resistance to change and learns to open up to others.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Jasmine Warga
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