First Daughter: White House Rules
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A young girl finds herself thrust into the limelight as she becomes the First Daughter of the United States.
“Provides a detailed and fun glimpse into campaigning’s hectic reality and shines a positive light on America’s multicultural reality.”—Kirkus Reviews
“A savvy and appealing character.”—School Library Journal
The first daughter makes her own rules.
Last year, Sameera started a blog and helped her father win an election. Now, she’s unpacking boxes and exploring her new house, The White House.
Between redecorating Camp David and learning to waltz at state dinners, being a First Daughter has a lot of perks. But life in the White House may not turn out to be a fairy tale. The guy Sameera fell for on the campaign trail mysteriously stopped calling when Dad became commander-in-chief. And while her blog is popular, Sameera is struggling to find something real to write about. Her critics scoff that a pampered First Daughter knows nothing about real life.
Cooped up in the Big House, under the watchful eyes of Secret Service agents and a pack of paparazzi, Sameera thinks her critics might be right. It’s time, she decides, to break out of the First Daughter bubble. Sameera just needs an escape plan—and a disguise—to shake things up.
Mitali Perkins
Mitali Perkins was born in Kolkata, India, and before middle school in California she had lived in Ghana, Cameroon, London, New York City, and Mexico. As she says, in all those places, she navigated the culture of where she was living and the Bengali culture of her family. So, she writes, "When I began to write fiction, my protagonists were often--not surprisingly--strong characters crossing all kinds of borders, seeking community, and promoting justice." These types of characters appear in her novels, including Rickshaw Girl; Bamboo People; Tiger Boy; You Bring the Distant Near, which was nominated for a National Book Award; and Forward Me Back to You; as well as the picture books Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border; Home Is in Between; The Story of Us; and Bare Tree and Little Wind: A Story for Holy Week. Her most recent middle grade novel is Hope in the Valley.
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