Bunni_ is a yellow rabbit-like creature with an oval head and single protruding ear, four limbs, wearing pink attire with exaggerated lips and floating in a burgundy vessel. Bunni is used as a symbol of girls’ groups of friends whose dynamics often involve tension between wanting to belong while maintaining one’s individuality – something Bunni teaches girls with her message: it is important to have their voice heard, regardless of its expression through different means.
Awad has created a book that offers an engaging reading experience for English majors. Packed full of literary references and fairytale echoes, she manages to strike an effective balance such that even readers unaware of these connections will still find the story engaging. Characters feel genuine while their struggle for purposeful lives resonates.
2 Chronicles x-xiv are the equivalent to 1 Kings xii 1-24).
