![]() And Applegate’s message about loving and accepting cultural difference is an unabashedly political one, and an intervention against the increasing cultural and racial polarization of contemporary American life. ![]() Samar’s struggle with Islamophobic harassment is something very real and pressing-not at all fairy tale fodder. Applegate wishes for the story to function not as fantasy but as a parable of contemporary American issues. Applegate’s repeated assertion, then, may seem tongue-in-cheek, but it is also apt. It’s a fair assertion, as she populates the story with talking animals. Applegate reminds her young audience throughout the narrative that this story is not a fairy tale. ![]()
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