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By: Hena Khan

Narrated by: Priya Ayyar

From the critically acclaimed author of Amina’s Voice comes a new story inspired by Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic, Little Women, featuring four sisters from a modern American Muslim family living in Georgia.

When Jameela Mirza is picked to be feature editor of her middle school newspaper, she’s one step closer to being an award-winning journalist like her late grandfather. The problem is her editor-in-chief keeps shooting down her article ideas. Jameela’s assigned to write about the new boy in school, who has a cool British accent but doesn’t share much, and wonders how she’ll make his story gripping enough to enter into a national media contest.

Jameela, along with her three sisters, is devastated when their father needs to take a job overseas, away from their cozy Georgia home for six months. Missing him makes Jameela determined to write an epic article—one to make her dad extra proud. But when her younger sister gets seriously ill, Jameela’s world turns upside down. And as her hunger for fame looks like it might cost her a blossoming friendship, Jameela questions what matters most, and whether she’s cut out to be a journalist at all…

Critic reviews

"Priya Ayyar's straightforward narration provides a positive and loving portrayal of a contemporary Pakistani-American family in this story inspired by LITTLE WOMEN. . . . Ayyar is engaging and relatable as Jameela . . . [and] she gives Jameela's three sisters distinct voices reflecting their personalities: mature Maryam; timid, compliant Bisma; and spoiled Aleeza. Listeners who know LITTLE WOMEN will recognize their counterparts, but it's not necessary to enjoy this audiobook."

Beautiful story story

This was a beautiful story almost made me cry
😀😀😀 must have your kids listen to this book

amazing

it was a great book it made me so sad and happy all at the same time would 1000% recommend

The connections I made

I myself have three sisters and multiple times in the book, the main character, Jameela, feels these emotions and says these things that I feel like all the time but have never heard someone say before in a book! It’s really good, it’s the perfect book to read while relaxing in the summer, and I like how the Narrator had really good accents, especially for Ali. This book was great, and made me feel relaxed, yet still had me on pins and needles to see what would happen next in their family or at school!😋🙂😊

Adorable read about loss and love

It was a cute middle grade book featuring a Muslim Pakistani-American preteen and her family and sisters going through life. It's a retelling of Little Women(which I haven't read). I'm a fan of this author since she is able to story tell and educate at the same time. While I did prefer Amina's Voice, there was so much going on in this(her sister's possibly having cancer, meeting a new boy, dealing with the loss of a parent, being challenged at school all the time, so much more) that it was a lovely read that centered on how families get along in hard times. I couldn't think a reason not to give it a five.