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Fatima Tate wants to be a baker AND enjoy some innocent flirting with her hot friend Raheembut her strict Muslim parents would never approve of either Seventeenyearold Fatima Tate aspiring baker 100 against her conservative parents wishes leads a pretty normal life in Albuquerque long drives with BFF Zaynab weekly services at the mosque soup kitchen volunteering the best way to perfect her flaky dough recipe stressing about college But everything changes when she meets a charming university student named Raheem Knowing the rents would FREAK Fatima keeps their burgeoning relationship a secret and then one day her parents and his parents decide to arrange their marriage Amazing True serendipityExcept its not amazing As soon as the ring is on Fatimas finger Raheems charm transforms into control and manipulation Fatima knows she has to call the whole thing off but Raheem doesnt like to lose He threatens to reveal their premarital sexual history and destroy her and her familys reputation in their tightknit Muslim community Fatima must find the inner strength to blaze her own trail by owning her body her choices and her futureCombining the frank authenticity of Elizabeth Acevedo and the complex social dynamics of Ibi Zoboi Fatima Tate Takes the Cake is a powerful comingofage story that gives a muchneeded voice to young Black Muslim women