"An American Brat"is about a 16-teen year old teenaged girl who is sent from Pakistan to the Americas.She is pampered and spoiled too.I think this book is recomended for older tweens.
An American Brat
By Bapsi Sidhwa
Feroza Ginwalla, a pampered, protected 16-year-old Pakistani girl, is sent to America by her parents, who are alarmed by the fundamentalism overtaking Pakistan and their daughter. Hoping that a few months with her uncle, an MIT grad student, will soften the girl’s rigid thinking, they get more than they bargained for: Feroza, enthralled by American culture and her new freedom, insists on staying. A bargain is struck, allowing Feroza to attend college with the understanding that she will return home and marry well. As a student in a small western town, Feroza’s perceptions of America, her homeland, and herself begin to alter. When she falls in love with and wants to marry a Jewish American, her family is aghast. Feroza realizes just how far she has come and wonders how much further she can go. This delightful coming-of-age novel is both remarkably funny and a remarkably acute portrayal of America as seen through the eyes of a perceptive young immigrant.
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
ISBN-13: 9781571310491
ISBN-10: 1571310495
Published on 1/24/2006
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 336