Member Review
Review by
Donna M, Educator
I received a free eARC of this book.
Kareem is a child, stuck between two worlds. A Syrian-American Moslem, he was born in the US, to immigrant parents. He struggles with Arabic in Saturday school. He struggles to fit in at school. He loves football, but doesn’t make the team, He struggles to be a good friend to the Syrian refugees sponsored by his mosque because he wants to fit in, and is taken advantage of by the football coach’s son. He loves talking to his grandfather about sports, school, and life, but have never met him in person-but has a chance-his mother is going to Syria to bring her father and mother back to the US, where her father can get the treatment he needs.
But, a few months before Donald Trump was elected, and one of his first acts is to ban immigration from predominantly Moslem countries.
Kareem Between is a beautiful book, and one that is particularly timely. I’m writing this only weeks after Donald Trump’s second election, running, again, on a platform of anti-immigration and hate, leaving, many people, like Kareem, feeling stuck. This book should be read. It should be studied. It should be understood.
Kareem is a child, stuck between two worlds. A Syrian-American Moslem, he was born in the US, to immigrant parents. He struggles with Arabic in Saturday school. He struggles to fit in at school. He loves football, but doesn’t make the team, He struggles to be a good friend to the Syrian refugees sponsored by his mosque because he wants to fit in, and is taken advantage of by the football coach’s son. He loves talking to his grandfather about sports, school, and life, but have never met him in person-but has a chance-his mother is going to Syria to bring her father and mother back to the US, where her father can get the treatment he needs.
But, a few months before Donald Trump was elected, and one of his first acts is to ban immigration from predominantly Moslem countries.
Kareem Between is a beautiful book, and one that is particularly timely. I’m writing this only weeks after Donald Trump’s second election, running, again, on a platform of anti-immigration and hate, leaving, many people, like Kareem, feeling stuck. This book should be read. It should be studied. It should be understood.
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