Story info
UNASSIMILATED: how an Israeli girl can succeed in America while killing as few people as possible.
book three of the Zoe Series (a four-part series)
Zoe Mousa thinks immigrating to the U.S. is her key to happiness. After arriving, she works hard to repay an emotional debt owed to Sarah and Jamileh, two Muslim sisters who provided love and family after her Jewish parents were murdered in Iran. Despite Zoe’s best efforts, their reunion is sidetracked when she uncovers an emerging cyber war.
Amidst the rising tensions, a young Christian professor takes a bold interest in Zoe, but he adds too many layers to her already complex life. When love and culture collide, her worst flaws surface. That’s when she realizes she’s not a victim of prejudice. She’s a perpetrator.
Immigration isn’t the solution to everything. Her unrealistic expectations melt away with time and maturity. “Why did I bother to come,” Zoe asks. In a world on fire, maybe America is nothing more than the last burning house on the block.
Benefits
Clean Fiction for homeschool teens. Perfect for Christian highschool international perspectives requirements.
If they read, make sure they read books that spark a discussion centered in values and consequences. Unassimilated is teen fiction about bad decisions and the consequences of Zoe's bad decisions. Those bad decisions may sound distant, but bad decisions are universal and will appear in your teens life--sooner or later.
Discuss it sooner.
This book has won numerous literary awards. The problem with other young-adult novels, they’re not interesting. This novel is interesting—a top class, riveting read. Give your teen something they will talk about for years.
Although this is fiction, it's based on a true story that started in Noshahr, Iran; continued in Claremont, CA; and is currently an ongoing problem in Jaffa, Israel.
New Adult / Romance / Thriller
UNASSIMILATED: how an Israeli girl can succeed in America while killing as few people as possible.book three of the Zoe Series (a four-part series)
298 pgs, approx. 106,000 words
LCCN: pending
UPC: 0719833931510
$9.99 e-book in PDF format at 3.5 MB