{"product_id":"9781481499255","title":"Saints and Misfits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaints and Misfits\u003c\/i\u003e is a “timely and authentic” (\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) debut novel that feels like a modern day \u003ci\u003eMy So-Called Life\u003c\/i\u003e...starring a Muslim teen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are three kinds of people in my world:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Saints, those special people moving the world forward. Sometimes you glaze over them. Or, at least, I do. They’re in your face so much, you can’t see them, like how you can’t see your nose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Misfits, people who don’t belong. Like me—the way I don’t fit into Dad’s brand-new family or in the leftover one composed of Mom and my older brother, Mama’s-Boy-Muhammad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso, there’s Jeremy and me. Misfits. Because although, alliteratively speaking, Janna and Jeremy sound good together, we don’t go together. Same planet, different worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut sometimes worlds collide and beautiful things happen, right?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Monsters. Well, monsters wearing saint masks, like in Flannery O’Connor’s stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the monster at my mosque.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople think he’s holy, untouchable, but nobody has seen under the mask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept me.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salaam Reads \/ Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038230561008,"sku":"9781481499255","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781481499255_p0.jpg?v=1763622898","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781481499255","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}