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Gr 9 Up—Best friends Miel and Sam are outsiders in the small community in which they live: Samir, owing in part to his painting of moons, which he hangs in the trees, and Miel because she appears to have spilled out of the water tower when she was a young girl and because of the roses that grow out of her wrist. Their relationship blossoms into tentative romance as each harbors closely guarded secrets. Miel helps guard Sam's secret that he is participating in the Pakistani tradition of bacha posh (where ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More