About the Book: The Sky at Our Feet
In the tradition of Rebecca Stead and Thanhha Lai, this adventurous and
emotionally charged own voices novel by New York Times bestselling author Nadia
Hashimi shows the fierce love of a family determined not to be torn apart.
Jason has just learned that his Afghan mother has been living illegally in the
United States since his father was killed in Afghanistan. Although Jason was
born in the US, its hard to feel American now when hes terrified that his mother
will be discovered—and that they will be separated.
When he sees his mother being escorted from her