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01:00 AM EST on Sunday, March 2, 2008
In the new young-adult novel First Daughter: White House Rules (Dutton), the title character is an irrepressible Pakistani-born adoptee, Sameera “Sparrow” Righton. Sparrow, whose Republican father has been elected president, is so irrepressible that she has a real-life blog.
Sparrowblog.com, written by First Daughter author Mitali Perkins of Newton, Mass., tracks the news about children of the 2008 presidential candidates with a positive spin. The year-old blog, offers encouragement and advice to candidates’ offspring. Sparrow is protective of Bridget McCain, the Bangladeshi-born adopted daughter of John McCain who, like Sparrow, has dark skin.
On a less serious note, Sparrow suggested that Oprah Winfrey campaign for Barack Obama “in all the O places,” such as Oregon and Ohio.
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