American Fever by Dur e Aziz Amna review a subversive debut
A spiky teenage heroine from Pakistan brings a fresh perspective to the coming-of-age, coming-to-America novel Two-thirds in to American Fever, Hira, the 16-year-old protagonist, and her friend Zahra both on study exchange schemes from Pakistan are discussing Americanness and American culture. Hiras host family are white, and based in Lakeview, Oregon, while Zahra