Laila always lived a privileged life as the daughter of the
ruler of a middle-eastern country but now that her father has been assassinated
and the rest of her family has fled the country and is living in the United
States, everything has changed. Although
she likes some parts of living in the United States, she doesn’t really
understand everything. Items like
breakfast cereal, which was a luxury where she grew up, is available freely in
the United States and everyone takes it for granted. Laila, now that she can access the internet,
has been finding out information about her father that she never knew and
didn’t want to know. She had no idea
that her father was a major source of the turmoil in her country. Meanwhile, her mother has been working with
the United States government and speaking with Laila’s uncle, the one
responsible for her father’s death.
Laila doesn’t know what her mother is up to, but knows that she wants
her little brother, Bastien, who is only 7 years old, to be in charge of their
country, as he should have been. An
interesting peek into what the life of a dictator’s family might be like,
especially after the ruler is overthrown, a lot of teens who like stories that
open new worlds might like this book.
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