Book

Internment

Ahmed, Samira (Fiction writer) (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 0316522694
ISBN: 9780316522694
ISBN: 9780316522694
ISBN: 0316522694
Physical Description: 387 pages ; 22 cm
print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-386).

Summary, etc.:

"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"--