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Internment

Samira Ahmed

2019400 pagesabout 6–9 hours
2019
first published
  • 2019Thorndike Press · ENGISBN 9781432869328
  • 2019Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · ENGISBN 9780316522663
  • 2019Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 400 pages · ENGISBN 9780349003344
  • 2020Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · 400 pagesISBN 9780316522700
  • 2019Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · 400 pages · ENGISBN 9780316522694

"A terrifying, futuristic United States where Muslim-Americans are forced into internment camps, and seventeen-year-old Layla Amin must lead a revolution against complicit silence"-- "Rebellions are built on hope. It's been one year since the census landed seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her family on the registry. Five months since the attorney general argued that Korematsu v. United States established precedent for relocation of citizens during times of war. And one month since the president declared that "Muslims are a threat to America." And now, Layla and her parents are suddenly taken from their home and forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens. With the help of new friends also trapped within the detention center, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the internment camp's director and his guards. Set in a horrifying near-future United States, Internment is a heart-racing and emotional novel that challenges readers to fight the complicit silence that exists in our society today"--

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