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29 “I spoke with your teacher today,” Mummy said, wiping the counter
with quick, practiced motions.
30 Priya silently nudged the little white balls with a spoon, turning them
so they would brown evenly on all sides.
31 “She mentioned that there is a Muslim girl in your class . . . ?”
32 Priya flashed her mother a quick look. “Muslim?” The faces of the
people at school flickered through her mind one by one. She didn’t
remember seeing any dark-haired Muslim girl.
33 Priya’s mother began scooping the golden balls out of the oil. “Her
name is Lindsay. Mrs. Swanson said she moved here from Iran last year.
Apparently she had a hard time adjusting and has been very lonely.”

34 Priya’s head spun with confusion. Blond-haired, blue-eyed Lindsay?
She seemed to fit in perfectly with the other kids. Priya shook her head.
“The Lindsay in my class . . . is light skinned. She’s American. She speaks
English perfectly.”

35 “Mrs. Swanson said her father is Iranian and her mother is American.
They moved to Iran when she was very young, and she grew up there.”
Priya’s mother eyed her pointedly. “She was raised bilingual, like you. She
speaks Persian and English.”

36 Priya thought back to the day in the cafeteria when Lindsay had asked
why she didn’t eat meat. She knew Muslims didn’t eat pork, so could it
be that Lindsay was trying to find something in common with
someone? To connect with a culture that seemed similar to her
own? Priya remembered how she had mumbled rudely and walked
away. Suddenly, she felt ashamed. She had never given Lindsay a
chance. Maybe Lindsay even thought she was unfriendly.

nudged If you nudged something, you gave it a little push.

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