A little random at times, not nearly as funny as it thinks it is, A Map of Home reads like a second draft an editor somewhere mistakenly sent to press. Nidali was cute as a very literal little girl, but the simple language Jarrar uses to narrate her young protagonist lacked charm. And then she gr...
This is one of those books that's kind of hard to sell. Like you look at the summary and can easily think "do I really need to read another coming of age story about a kid whose background coincidentally matches the author's" cause honestly I sure as hell normally don't have much interest in rea...