Internment - Hardcover

Ahmed, Samira

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316522694 ISBN 13: 9780316522694

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2019

Synopsis

An instant New York Times bestseller!
"Internment sets itself apart...terrifying, thrilling and urgent."--Entertainment Weekly

Rebellions are built on hope.
Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens.
With the help of newly made friends also trapped within the internment camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the camp's Director and his guards.
Heart-racing and emotional, Internment challenges readers to fight complicit silence that exists in our society today.

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About the Author

Samira Ahmed is the New York Times bestselling author of Love, Hate, & Other Filters and Internment. She was born in Bombay, India, and has lived in New York, Chicago, and Kauai, where she spent a year searching for the perfect mango. She currently resides in the Midwest. Find her online at samiraahmed.com and on Twitter and Instagram @sam_aye_ahm.

Review

An instant New York Times bestsellerAn Amazon Best Book of the Month for March 2019


*Taking on Islamophobia and racism in a Trump-like America, Ahmed's magnetic, gripping narrative written in a deeply humane and authentic tone, is attentive to the richness and complexity of the social ills at the heart of the book.―Kirkus, starred review

*"...a poignant, necessary story that paints a very real, very frank picture of hatred and ignorance, while also giving readers and marginalized individuals hope."―Booklist, starred review

*"An unsettling and important book for our times."―Publishers Weekly, starred review

*"By the end of the first two pages of this title the reader will be breathless with the anticipation and excitement of what's to come."―School Library Connection, starred review

*"...Sensitive and stirring. For all collections."―School Library Journal, starred review

"Internment sets itself apart...terrifying, thrilling and urgent."―Entertainment Weekly

"A riveting and cautionary tale. Internment urges us to speak up and speak out, to ask questions and demand answers, and when those answers prove unsatisfactory, to resist."― Stacey Lee, award-winning author of Outrun the Moon

"Internment is a visceral, essential book, both horrifying and hopeful. Ahmed deserves a spot on every book shelf in America."― Kiersten White, New York Times Bestselling author of And I Darken and The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

"A testament to what girls are capable of when they are overlooked, Internment is a masterwork of dignity and grit."―E.K. Johnston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Exit, Pursued by a Bear

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0316522694
• ISBN 13: 9780316522694
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400