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Aug 25, 2020
A beautiful book with heartbreaking content. Racism told through the eyes of a child, I found the section where Nisha describes her own changing views "I used to think of people by their names, and what they looked like, or what they did. Sahil sells pakoras on the corner. Now I look at him and think Sikh. My teacher, Sir Habib, is now my Muslim teacher. My friend Sabeen is happy and talks a lot. Now she's my Muslim friend." As the story progresses, and Nisha's family must find safety in the new India, leaving Pakistan, new definitions for friendships and family are created.