On the trip of a lifetime, Adam and Zayneb must find their way back to
each other in this surprising and romantic sequel to the "bighearted,
wildly charming" (Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author)
Love from A to Z that's a "contemplative exploration of faith, love,
and the human condition" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
Adam and Zayneb. Perfectly matched. Painfully apart.
Adam is in Doha, Qatar, making a map of the Hijra, a historic migration
from Mecca to Medina, and worried about where his next paycheck will
come from. Zayneb is in Chicago, where school and extracurricular
stresses are piling on top of a terrible frenemy situation, making her
miserable.
Then a marvel occurs: Adam and Zayneb get the chance to spend
Thanksgiving week on the Umrah, a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, in
Saudi Arabia. Adam is thrilled; it's the reboot he needs and an
opportunity to pray for a hijra in real life: to migrate to Zayneb in
Chicago. Zayneb balks at the trip at first, having envisioned another
kind of vacation, but then decides a spiritual reset is calling her name
too. And they can't wait to see each other--surely, this is just what
they both need.
But the trip is nothing like what they expect, from the appearance of
Adam's former love interest in their traveling group to the anxiety
gripping Zayneb when she's supposed to be "spiritual." As one wedge
after another drives them apart while they make their way through rites
in the holy city, Adam and Zayneb start to wonder: was their meeting
just an oddity after all? Or can their love transcend everything else
like the greatest marvels of the world?
