Fatima Tate wants to be a baker AND enjoy some innocent flirting with her hot friend Raheemâbut her strict Muslim parents would never approve of either âŠ
Seventeen-year-old Fatima Tate, aspiring baker (100% against her conservative parentsâ 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 ârents 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 serendipity!
Except itâs not amazing. As soon as the ring is on Fatimaâs finger, Raheemâs charm transforms into control and manipulation. Fatima knows she has to call the whole thing off, but Raheem doesnât like to lose. He threatens to reveal their premarital sexual history and destroy her and her familyâs reputation
in their tight-knit Muslim community. Fatima must find the inner strength to blaze her own trail by owning her body, her choices, and her future.
Combining the frank authenticity of Elizabeth Acevedo and the complex social dynamics of Ibi Zoboi, Fatima Tate Takes the Cake is a powerful coming-of-age story that gives a much-needed voice to young Black Muslim women.