Thank you to Netgalley for the free ARC!

Diana Ma does a great job of exploring the concept of intersectionality with different kinds of identities in Rainbow Fair. The main character, Sophie, is on a search to discover what her different identities mean to her throughout the book. Coming from a proud Chinese family, she is confused by the way that her parents seem to hide their Muslim identity from the outside world. Sophie is not sure why this is the case and starts to explore what being Muslim means to her when she is asked to create the Muslim booth at her school's Rainbow Fair. The teacher seems to be behind the times when she insists that each student can only work on one booth (as if everyone only has one group that they belong to!). As a result, Sophie and her best friend Katie, are no longer working together on the Chinese booth (as they have for the past several years). Sophie is now working on the Muslim booth and Katie is working on the new LGBTQ+ booth. What I appreciated about this book is the way that on their own, the students decide how to modernize the Rainbow Fair by integrating the different booths at the Rainbow Fair in creative ways! By the end of the book, Sophie also starts to understand more about where her parents are coming from and her own identity.