Overview
After 15-year-old Zahabiyaās father remarries, she canāt wait to leave home and convinces him to send her away to boarding school. But will she fit in? She joins a clique of smart students but isnāt sure if she measures up or how to read the mixed messages from a guy sheās crushing on.
Seventeen-year-old Leesa has been at Thornton since middle school after her parentsā messy divorce. Sheās been climbing the schoolās social ladder with equal measures of meanness and manipulation. Sheās also guarding a big secret that she has to work overtime to keep from her friends.
Fresh out of university, this is Nahlaās first real teaching job, and sheās drowning. She has her distractions though: the flirty art teacher and a cryptic notebook left behind by her deceased predecessor, Mademoiselle Leblanc.
Zahabiya and her friends ā all racialized girls and victims of Leesaās bullying ā uncover Leesaās secret. But can they help Leesa? Nahla, too, is embroiled in her own mystery, assisted by Mademoiselle Leblancās ghost. Each is indelibly changed by what they learn.
Masterfully crafted, The Beauty of Us is a gripping novel about surviving hardship, the power of friendship, and growing up.
This book title, The Beauty of Us, ISBN: 9781770417694, by Farzana Doctor, published by ECW Press (September 17, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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