“Provides a detailed and fun glimpse into campaigning’s hectic reality and shines a positive light on America’s multicultural reality.”—Kirkus Reviews
“A savvy and appealing character.”—School Library Journal
The first daughter makes her own rules.
Last year, Sameera started a blog and helped her father win an election. Now, she’s unpacking boxes and exploring her new house, The White House.
Between redecorating Camp David and learning to waltz at state dinners, being a First Daughter has a lot of perks. But life in the White House may not turn out to be a fairy tale. The guy Sameera fell for on the campaign trail mysteriously stopped calling when Dad became commander-in-chief. And while her blog is popular, Sameera is struggling to find something real to write about. Her critics scoff that a pampered First Daughter knows nothing about real life.
Cooped up in the Big House, under the watchful eyes of Secret Service agents and a pack of paparazzi, Sameera thinks her critics might be right. It’s time, she decides, to break out of the First Daughter bubble. Sameera just needs an escape plan—and a disguise—to shake things up.
Author
Mitali Perkins
Mitali Perkins has written many novels and picture books for young readers, including You Bring the Distant Near, Forward Me Back to You, Rickshaw Girl, and Bamboo People. Her books have been nominated for the National Book Award, won the South Asia Book Award, and listed as Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and School Library Journal. Born in Kolkata, India, Perkins has lived in India, Ghana, Cameroon, Great Britain, Mexico, Bangladesh, Thailand, and the United States (Massachusetts, New York, and California). Perkins’s work is known for its strong characters, who cross all kinds of borders, seek community, and promote justice. She and her husband have two sons and live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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