Jude is 12 years old when she and her mother immigrate to the United States from Syria. They are fleeing from the war and upheaval happening but she is leaving behind her father and brother. We see her as she navigates a new world, culture, language and dynamics. She also finds out that her other is pregnant. Jude wrestles with trying to fit in and joins theater but is told by others that she doesn’t know English well enough and girls that wear hijabs are not the stars of the play but she continues to try. Also seeing the way in which Americans at times treat her and her mother for wearing a hijab by telling them they are free now and can stop wearing them. The author has a note in the back of the book about how hard it was to see the world moving forward like nothing was happening in Syria and how many just thought it was expected for that part of the world. It highlighted how I feel with the current genocide in Gaza .