Rebels by Accident - Softcover

Dunn, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1492601381 ISBN 13: 9781492601388

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire, 2014

Synopsis

"The next best young adult novel."―Huffington Post

Mariam Just Wants to Fit In.

That's not easy when she's the only Egyptian at her high school and her parents are super traditional. So when she sneaks into a party that gets busted, Mariam knows she's in trouble...big trouble.

Convinced she needs more discipline and to reconnect with her roots, Mariam's parents send her to Cairo to stay with her grandmother, her sittu.

But Marian's strict sittu and the country of her heritage are nothing like she imagined, challenging everything Mariam once believed.

As Mariam searches for the courage to be true to herself, a teen named Asmaa calls on the people of Egypt to protest their president. The country is on the brink of revolution―and now, in her own way, so is Mariam.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

A troubled teen sent to Cairo finds that revolution is everywhere—including in herself. When her first party ends in jail, Miriam thinks things can't possibly get worse. But when her parents send her to her grandmother in Cairo, she is sure her life is over. Her Sittu is Darth Vader's evil sister, and Miriam is convinced that the only sights she'll see in Egypt are the rooms in her grandmother's apartment. It turns out her Sittu's not so bad. They ride camels by the pyramids and ice skate at a mall. "Sometimes a moment can change your life," her Sittu says, but it can change the life of a country too. When a girl named Asmaa calls the people of Egypt to protest, Miriam finds herself in the middle of a revolution, running from tear gas and guns. Oh yeah, and meeting the cutest guy she's ever seen. Falling in love for the first time. And having her first kiss.

About the Author:

PATRICIA DUNN'S writing has appeared in Salon.com, CSM, The Village Voice, The Nation, L.A. Weekly, and others. With an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College, where she also works as the Director of the Writing Institute, this Bronx-raised rebel and former resident of Cairo settled in Connecticut, with her husband, teenage son, and toddler dog. Visit Patricia at patriciadunnauthor.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1492601381
• ISBN 13: 9781492601388
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320