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Do you change - or wish you could change - your appearance to express your faith, culture, or something else important to you?

What do you think Amal means when she says, “Putting on the hijab isn’t the end of the journey. It’s just the beginning of it.”

First Amal attended Catholic school, then five years at an Islamic school, and now she studies at a private prep school. How have these varied school experiences shaped her?

Almost daily, classmate Tia taunts Amal with stories of Muslim terrorists. How does Amal handle it? Does this type of harassment ever happen at your school? What’s the best way to deal with someone like Tia?

Amal makes an important change in her life: she decides to wear the hijab headscarf full-time and finds a place to pray in the proper way while at school. What changes, if any, have you ever tried to make in yourself as you began a new school year or return from a vacation break? How did it go?

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What have you learned from reading this book?

If you are a non-Muslim reader of this book, what is something about the religion/culture that you learned? Have your thoughts changed since the beginning the book? If you are a Muslim reader of this book, what can you identify with in the story? Or is there something in the book that is different from your experience? Discuss in the comments below.