Smell of Success: a Review of Skunk Girl

Skunk Girl is Sheba Karim’s first novel . It is told from the point of view of 16-year-old Nina Khan, self-described as “a Pakistani Muslim girl” and from a small white town in upstate New York. Although published in 2009, the story is set in approximately 1993. Skunk Girl's cover. Image via Macmillan Publishing. In a fast-paced, entertaining read, Nina narrates her life and drama as the only Pakistani and Muslim girl in her high school. She deals with worries about school and boys,