title: Engaged & Underage:
author: Jamal, Jeanine
description: Once Leila Abdul-Rahim a Palestinian Muslim turns 17 she faces the hardships of meeting the one man she could call her own. Born in a big family Leila finally meets Amer Haifa another Palestinian, a boy in her English class. Though they faced hard times while getting to know each other, he finally had the heart to go up to Hamood, Leila's father, and ask for Leila's hand. Once engaged Leila realized her life is just getting started.