First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Publication Year
2007
ISBN
9780525478003
Pages
192 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
During her father's presidential campaign, sixteen-year-old Sameera Righton, who was adopted from Pakistan at the age of three, struggles with campaign staffers who want to give her a more "all-American" image and create a fake weblog in her name.
Grade Level
6-8, 9-12
Lexile Measure
850L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Adoption; Interracial; international adoption; adopted child; adoptive family; interracial/transracial adoption; interracial family
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Pakistani / White
Family Formation
adoptive mother and father
Awards
Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog, Ninth Edition Supplement 2008, 2008 H.W. Wilson Company
YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2009 American Library Association
Voice of Youth Award, 2008-2009
Nominee Illinois United States
Keywords
identity; Pakistani American; politics; families; blogs; presidential campaign; Republican
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Perkins, Mitali, "First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover" (2007). Diverse Families. 115.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/115