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AUGUST 24, 2008
The House of Djinn by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Mumtaz was orphaned at a young age and is raised by her father’s family in Pakistan, only she really wasn’t orphaned as her mother staged her own death to protect both herself and her young daughter unbeknownst to Mumtaz. Mumtaz learns her mother is alive and is afraid to get close in case she is abandoned again. Mumtaz is treated as a servant by many in the household but is loved by the family patriarch, Baba, who is a tribal leader. When Baba takes ill and dies, Jameel, her 15 year old American cousin, is appointed as the new tribal leader and a marriage is arranged between him and Mumtaz. Both teens struggle with these new changes but ultimately keep to tradition. 
This novel, The House of Djinn, is the sequel to the novels Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind and Haveli.  I did not read either of these novels and was still engaged in the plot without feeling as if pieces were missing. The author develops the characters and plot well. The novel provides a look at and understanding of arranged marriage and other family traditions of Pakistani and American-Pakistani families.

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