First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover

In time for election year, meet America?s first daughter!

Adopted from Pakistan when she was three, Sameera ?Sparrow? Righton is not your typical all-American girl. None of this used to matter, but that was before her father decided to run for president of the United States. Now some of her father?s campaign staffers think that maybe a dark-skinned, adopted daughter could hurt his chances. They begin to pressure Sameera to change her name to Sammy and to be more ?American.? Sameera is torn between molding herself into the perfect daughter and being true to herself. Who will win out? Sparrow? Or Sammy?

“Sameera is a savvy and appealing character.” —School Library Journal

Sameera's dad is in the race for the White House, and one of the campaign perks she enjoys is a total makeover. But some of the campaign staffers think the candidate's dark-skinned, adopted daughter could hurt his chances if she doesn't try to be more American. Now in paperback.

Mitali Perkins lives in Newton, Massachusetts.