<p>No pizza. No boyfriend. (No life.)</p> <p>Okay, so during Ramadan, we're not allowed to eat from sunrise to sunset. For one whole month. My family does this every year, even though I've been to a mosque exactly twice in my life. And it's true, I could stand to lose a few pounds. (Sadly, my mom's hotness skipped a generation.) But is starvation really an acceptable method? I think not.<br /><br />Even worse, my oppressive parents forbid me to date. This is just cruel and wrong. Especially since Peter, a cute and crushable artist, might be my soul mate. Figures my bestest friend Lisa likes him, too. To top it off, there's a new Muslim girl in school who struts around in super-short skirts, commanding every boy's attention—including Peter's. How can I get him to notice me? And will I ever figure out how to be Muslim <em>and</em> American?<br /><br /><strong>Praise:<br /></strong>"A humorous, hip look at the ups and downs of fasting for Ramadan within the context of intergenerational and cultural challenges."—<span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">KIRKUS REVIEWS</span><br /></span></span><br />"I love Almira Abdul—the honest, tell-it-like-it-is, funny, and very real main character of Medeia Sharif's wonderful, eye-opening debut."—Melissa Senate, author of <span style="font-size: x-small;">SEE JANE DATE</span></p> <p>"<em>Bestest. Ramadan. Ever.</em> deftly combines humor and poignancy with an authentic teen voice set against the multicultural background of vibrant Miami and Almira's loving yet strict Muslim family."—Paula Yoo, author of <span style="font-size: x-small;">SIXTEEN YEARS IN SIXTEEN SECONDS</span> and <span style="font-size: x-small;">GOOD ENOUGH</span></p> <p>"I laughed out loud as Almira struggled to fit in with her traditional family as well as the rest of the world."—Sydney Salter, author of <span style="font-size: x-small;">MY BIG NOSE AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS</span></p>