Winner of the Unpublished Muslim Writer's Award 2011.

She wrapped her arms around me and said, "Nur I know. I don't want to go. But all I can do is keep trusting in Allah. Nur, I will always be with you My love and advice will always be with you to guide you in the right direction." She patted my heart. "They are forever sealed inside this little place."

Writing on the pages of her journal, Nur, a teenage girl in Canada, charts the onset and advance of her mother's cancer. Nur watches her mother's body begin to shrink and her mood begin to darken. And when...