This was originally posted at Into the Wardrobe on May 25, 2008. Meet sixteen-year-old Sameera Righton, aka Sparrow, the likeable and very interesting main character of the First Daughter books. Sameera was born in Pakistan and was adopted by an American political family. She grew up as a diplomat's daughter, in communities where people from different cultures and races mingled without much fuss. She is sophisticated and articulate, fierce and opinionated. Sameera is an aspiring journalist and is well on her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a writer. She has a very popular blog, www.sparrowblog.com , that is read by powerful people in America and by people all over the world. And her dad, James Righton, is now the president of the United States. (By the way, I highly recommend you check out that link! Sparrowblog really exists as a character blog for the First Daughter books. How cool is that?! :o) On the site, Sameera dishes about the real US presidential candidates and ...
I actually HAVE the Millicent book, and haven't read it yet. I'm going to make of a point of reading it very soon - maybe right after my current book.
ReplyDeleteMe too, Mardel! I gotta read the book soon!
ReplyDeleteThanks for including me on your blog!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, Lisa! I love how your books are connected. <3
ReplyDeleteTarie, you must read Millicent Min, her voice is clinic good. I just finished Stanford Wong and it was really good as well. I think the universe it telling me I need to read Warp Speed. First Edi's review now this.
ReplyDeleteDoret, the universe is definitely speaking to you. ;o)
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