Publisher's Synopsis
Karen thinks she's not proper white. Her dad is Pakistani and her mother is white Christian, and somehow she feels as if she doesn't quite fit in. So she's made a choice: she's going to convert to Islam to try to find her true identity. But Shamshad, her Hijab wearing school mate, isn't making things easy for her. What's her deal, anyway? Is Shamshad really any more proper than she is? Trouble and turmoil await in the old textile mill town of Boardhead East, Northern England, as school battles are replaced by family troubles, name-calling turns into physical fights and secrets are unveiled.
