"Not all Muslims are terrorists." You know how people say never to judge a book by its cover? I shouldn't have done that myself. Growing up with racist parents planted a negative reputation of Muslims in my head. So, I started believing everything they've told me. I thought Muslims were the reason crisis was happening around the world. I thought Islam was an evil religion. But, boy, was I wrong. Everything changed, the day I met the Muslimah next door.

Katanya, aku genius dan hidupku kelewat serius. Padahal aku tidak merasa seperti itu. Oke, aku memang pernah menggelar pentas tunggal dari drama Shakespeare yang semua dialognya kuubah sendiri jadi bahasa Jawa waktu aku kelas lima SD. Waktu kelas empat SD, aku selesai menghafal seluruh isi KBBI. Aku bisa berbicara dalam bahasa Sansekerta dan memahami isi prasasti semudah orang-orang memahami isi majalah. Koleksi piala dan medali olimpiadeku (baik akademik maupun non-akademik) mungkin lebih banyak dari jumlah perempuan yang dilirik Zeus. Aku masih kelas sepuluh, tapi aku sudah iseng-iseng ikut beberapa TO SBMPTN, dan dapat nilai paling tinggi di antara anak-anak kelas dua belas. Dan banyak hal lainnya. Tapi menurutku, masih banyak hal yang belum kulakukan. Dan aku selalu merasa tidak puas kalau belum mencoba hal baru. Aku selalu penasaran. Namun, tidak pernah terpikirkan olehku, bahwa suatu hari, akan ada seseorang yang berkata bahwa aku harus mencoba jadi cewek normal. Jangan terlalu serius. Katanya, jadi remaja normal itu asyik. Nah, sudah kubilang kan, aku selalu penasaran? --- #10 in Teen Fiction [23/07/16] [cover by me + prohngs lol]

She is at the top of her class. He is at the bottom. She is a good girl, who can be bad sometimes. He is a bad boy, who can be good sometimes. She desperately wants something. He has what she wants. Maryam Abdul agrees to tutor the infamous, egotistical Jock, Jesse Owens. So, he can stay on the soccer team and get into the college of his dreams. As they spend more time together, they forget about what happened between they and become great friends. Because, they understand each others troubled families and dark past. But, the unexpected happens and changes everything for Maryam and Jesse. Maryam gets a surprise guest at her doorstep, making her fears turn into a reality. Jesse uncovers the turth about his family's mutil-billion dollar company and leaves for good. Just as Jesse's and Maryam's feelings develop for one another, sometime has to come between them and tear it apart! ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. © COPYRIGHT CAMEL_DIEM 2015

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