Gosh, the first 90 pages of this book were just amazing. I loved the writing, the setting, the characters (especially Paati!) , and the plot. But then it just became too heavy handed and the conflict is resolved in such a simplistic way that I ended up not loving it. Muki is such a great character and I appreciated this look at nationalism, immigration, and racism. For younger readers this might be a good introduction to those themes. For fans of They Called Us Enemy and I Lived on Butterfly Hill.