Best Queer YA Books of All Time
25 of the Greatest Queer YA Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List
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Rukhsana Ali has everything under control. She's keeping her girlfriend a secret from her conservative Muslim parents and looking forward to starting over at Caltech in the fall. But when Rukhsana's mom catches the pair together, she is carted off to stay with her extended family in Bangladesh, where she is surrounded by arranged marriages and strict traditions. As she finds comfort in her grandmother's old diary, Rukhsana learns to fight for herself and for love. Sabina Khan's The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali is a gripping tale about what it's like to grow up feeling like an outsider in your own culture.