Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali

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Love From A to Z
Cover of Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali
Author(s) S.K. Ali
Published April 30, 2019
Publisher Salaam Reads
Genre(s) Romance
Age group Young Adult


Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali is a young adult romance novel, originally published on April 30, 2019.

Trigger Warnings

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  • Animal abuse (mentioned)
    The characters visit a dog shelter where dogs who have been abused in the past are being taken care of.
  • Animal attack (past, mentioned)
    A character is afraid of dogs after being bitten in the past.
  • Car crash (past, mentioned)
    A character was thought to have died in a car crash. This is later revealed to not have been the case.
  • Chronic illness (Multiple Sclerosis)
    A main character and his mom both have/had MS. This is a main theme of the book.
  • Cultural appropriation (specifically Native American)
    A side character decides to make a headpiece for Coachella. This is challenged but not resolved.
  • Death (parent and grandparent, past)
    A main character's mom died from MS in the past. A grandparent dies prior to the start of the book.
  • Drone strike (mentioned)
    A grandparent is found to have been killed in a drone strike.
  • Grief
    Multiple characters struggle to deal with the death of their loved ones. Multiple flashbacks (including good and bad events) are present throughout the book.
  • Hospitals/IV treatments
    A character experiences an MS flare up and is taken to the hospital to receive treatment (including multiple IVs).
  • Islamophobia
    This is a main theme. A main character has an Islamophobic teacher and encounters several Islamophobic micro and macro aggressions.
  • Racism

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

  • Multiple openly Muslim* characters
  • Mixed main characters (Zayneb is Pakistan, Guyanese, Trinidadian. Adam is Finnish and Chinese)
  • Hijabi main character
  • Multiple sclerosis

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