Summary

In Chapter 16, Fadi and Anh developed their photographs for the competition in the school’s dark room. Fadi took a picture of the San Francisco skyline, showing a street full of restaurant signs from many different cultures in the foreground and San Francisco Bay in the background. Anh’s photograph showed a couple dancing the tango. Fadi decided his photograph wasn’t good enough and that he would have to take another one to be in with a chance of winning the competition. Anh asked Fadi why winning was so important to him. Fadi explained he wanted to win the plane tickets to India so that his family could look for Mariam. Anh promised that if she won the competition, she would give her tickets to Fadi.

In Chapter 17, Noor warned Fadi not to be disappointed if he didn’t win the competition. Fadi...