Kai is staying with her great aunt in Texas while her mom (a single parent) searches for a job. In Pakistan, Leila is visiting family for a summer so she can have a cultural experience. The girls do not know each other (and never meet during the book) but both girls encounter the same book, at the exact same time but at two different locations in the world. When the girls add to the story, the book adds more information. Gradually the girls discover an amazing story which involves them in ways they could not have imagined.
A very intriguing book! I especially enjoyed learning the story the book had to share and discovering how it fit with the modern day characters. It reminded me a bit of
Holes by Louis Sachar as it is a story within a story and a multi-generational story.
I liked how the ending offered hints of what was to come (inferring).
Strategies: inferring, Connections-T-T/ compare/contrast (to the book Holes).
Borrowed from the library.
Warning: word "h***" used two times.
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