The Tyrant's Daughter [Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition] Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
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From a former CIA officer comes the riveting account of a royal Middle Eastern family exiled to the American suburbs.
When her father is killed in a coup, 15-year-old Laila flees from the war-torn Middle East to a life of exile and anonymity in the U.S. Gradually she adjusts to a new school, new friends, and a new culture, but while Laila sees opportunity in her new life, her mother is focused on the past. She's conspiring with CIA operatives and rebel factions to regain the throne their family lost. Laila can't bear to stand still as an international crisis takes shape around her, but how can one girl stop a conflict that spans generations?
J.C. Carleson delivers a fascinating account of a girl - and a country - on the brink, and a rare glimpse at the personal side of international politics.
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- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 8 hours and 32 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Listening Library
- Audible.com Release Date: February 11, 2014
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00HNY9VEW
***I shall make a valiant attempt at keeping this spoiler free***
I can easily see this becoming a required reading in US high school English classes - or even in a modern history class for that matter. That said, it's hard to pin down the target audience. They say 12 and up, but I haven't decided if I agree with it or not. I thought it was fantastic, but I'm an adult and a teacher to boot.
Summary: Laila's father is assassinated, so she flees to the US in exile with her mother and younger brother, Bastien. She's used to living like a princess and now she's struggling to adapt to normal suburban life and it's biggest trial, namely high school.
The Things that Could be Better/ Things I think Might Annoy Readers:
Occasionally, the teen drama got old, but the narrators unique perspective often rescued these sections for me. Having less teen-drama sections in need of rescuing would have been nice.
The big end twist was so subtle I think I missed it. Literally. I'm willing to blame this on the fact that I was slightly distracted while reading, but nevertheless, it shouldn't be that easy to miss the huge betrayal.
A few subplotlines are left to rot in that nebulous state of unresolvedness. Generally speaking, that ticks me off, but once again, I find myself defending this book because the themes woven throughout are in part about how life's changes don't always allow for neatness and closure. Still, I can see that being a point of irritation.
There are at least 2 passages I think guys would find awkward.
End Commentary Included: I read it and felt it was okay, but I don't see anybody in the target audience (pre-teen to teen) caring one whit about Dr. Benard's commentary.
I am having a hard time reviewing this novel. It's an interesting story of a teenage girl, her mother and her young brother having just fled their Middle Eastern country. The father was assassinated in front of them by a man hired by the girl's uncle. My problem in reviewing it is that some of it really rings true and is very believable, but some of it is not. Really not believable.
Laila is in a daze when they hit the suburbs of Washington DC. Her father is dead, her mother is still calling her brother a king and she has to start school. There is no food in the house except boxes of cereal and they have to go to school. Enter Emmy, her appointed guide for all things school, American teenager and also the lowdown on what the rest of the world knows about Laila's father and country. From Emmy and later the internet, Laila learns that her father was actually not royal, just a leader who lead with military might, a legacy passed down through generations in her family. The ugly word "Dictator" is thrown around and Laila is shaken to the core, defending her father, yet wondering if maybe she didn't really know him at all.
Emmy is well meaning. She isn't trying to hurt Laila, she just doesn't realize how sheltered Laila is. And she is very sheltered. When she first meets Emmy in her short skirt and tank top, Laila thinks, "whore". Though she wasn't raised in a particularly religious home, she is still modest, and prefers the clothes that drape and conceal, just hinting at what's underneath rather than all the skin that the girls in America show. I could understand her being shocked by the clothing, but thinking "whore" when she hadn't been raised in a religious home didn't seem to fit.
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