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Name: Internment
Author: Ahmed, Samira
ISBN: [978-0-316-52269-4,0-316-52269-4]

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Internment

Author: Ahmed, Samira

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Follett Number: 1463YT9
Audience: Young Adult
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2019
Format: 387 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-52269-4
ISBN-10: 0-316-52269-4
LCCN: 2018-017615
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

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Concentration Camps Fiction

Muslims United States Fiction

Prejudices Fiction

Revolutionaries Fiction

Science Fiction

"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"--Provided by publisher.

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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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