First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover
In time for election year, meet America's first daughter!
Adopted from Pakistan when she was three, Sameera "Sparrow" Righton is not your typical all-American girl. None of this used to matter, but that was before her father decided to run for president of the United States. Now some of her father's campaign staffers think that maybe a dark-skinned, adopted daughter could hurt his chances. They begin to pressure Sameera to change her name to Sammy and to be more "American." Sameera is torn between molding herself into the perfect daughter and being true to herself. Who will win out? Sparrow? Or Sammy?
Mitali Perkins is the author of several books for young people, including SECRET KEEPER (Random House), MONSOON SUMMER (Random House), RICKSHAW GIRL (Charlesbridge), and the FIRST DAUGHTER books (Dutton). Born in Kolkata, India, and raised in the States, Mitali chats about books between cultures on her virtual fire escape @ www.mitaliperkins.com.
2 fresh comments:
I haven't heard of this one, but it looks like a great read.
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