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Chapters 1-2

• Sultana refused to give an apple the cook had given her to her brother; Ali was given the privilege of choosing what Sultana would eat at every meal for several weeks.

• A short time later, Sultana recalled overhearing a meeting between her father and his brothers.

• Sultana's father was the son of Abdul Aziz, a man who won back control of his country from the Rasheed clan and became the first king of Saudi Arabia.
• Now Abdul Aziz's son Sa'ud was king, but he was a bad king, but the brothers were reluctant to force him to resign.

• The brothers decided they would first attempt to reason with Sa'ud, but when this did not work, they had no choice but to force a resignation; Faisal, another brother, replaced Sa'ud on the throne.
• King Faisal's wife was a woman who believed women should be educated, and ,with...

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