Written in the stars
By: Aisha Saeed
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780399171703
Subjects: Forced marriage; Love; Dating (Social customs); Juvenile fiction; Pakistani Americans; Fiction
Description: This heart-wrenching novel explores what it is like to be thrust into an unwanted marriage. Has Naila s fate been written in the stars? Or can she still make her own destiny?

Naila's immigrant Pakistani parents have made it clear that they will choose the man she marries. When she is caught at prom with her secret boyfriend, Naila's whole future changes. The plot contains sexual references and graphic violence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 280).

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