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<B><b>A <i>Today</i> Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick</b> <b>&ldquo;The bighearted, wildly charming, painfully real love story I&rsquo;ve been waiting for.&rdquo; &#8212;Becky Albertalli, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda</i></b> <b>From William C. Morris Award Finalist S.K. Ali comes a &ldquo;heartfelt and powerful&rdquo; (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review) romance that&rsquo;s <i>The Sun Is Also a Star</i> meets <i>Anna and the French Kiss</i>, following two Muslim teens who meet during a spring break trip.</b></B> A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes&#8212;because they make French fries happen. Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together. An oddity: whatever gives you pause. Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Like Zayneb&rsquo;s teacher, who won&rsquo;t stop reminding the class how &ldquo;bad&rdquo; Muslims are. But Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn&rsquo;t bad. She&rsquo;s <i>angry</i>. When she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt&rsquo;s house in Doha, Qatar, for an early start to spring break. Fueled by the guilt of getting her friends in trouble, she resolves to try out a newer, &ldquo;nicer&rdquo; version of herself in a place where no one knows her. Then her path crosses with Adam&rsquo;s. Since he got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November, Adam&rsquo;s stopped going to classes, intent, instead, on perfecting the making of things. Intent on keeping the memory of his mom alive for his little sister. Adam&rsquo;s also intent on keeping his diagnosis a secret from his grieving father. Alone, Adam and Zayneb are playing roles for others, keeping their real thoughts locked away in their journals. Until a marvel <i>and</i> an oddity occurs&hellip; Marvel: Adam and Zayneb meeting. Oddity: Adam and Zayneb meeting.