Things started to get bad when American citizens were asked to identify their religious affiliation. Those who reported being Muslim are now facing terrible consequences. Layla's dad lost his job as a professor, and Layla has to be homeschooled. Layla keeps thinking it can't get worse, but it does. She and her parents are spirited away in the middle of the night to an internment camp. Instead of being treated like an American citizen, she and other Muslims are being treated like prisoners of war. Layla is angry with adults around who keep complying with the craziness. She and her friends are going to resist. With the help of many, Layla plans to let the world know what is happening to American citizens at this camp and will protest until their American rights are restored. Layla is playing a dangerous game, and if she doesn't win, she and her friends may lose more than their rights. They may lose their life. This thought-provoking dystopian will terrify you with how close our hate-speech society is transforming this fiction into reality. I think it is an essential text for students to think about and discuss, and it would be especially good paired with George Takei's new graphic novel about his experiences in a Japanese internment camp in They Called Us Enemy. Highly recommended!
Internment by Samira Ahmed
Things started to get bad when American citizens were asked to identify their religious affiliation. Those who reported being Muslim are now facing terrible consequences. Layla's dad lost his job as a professor, and Layla has to be homeschooled. Layla keeps thinking it can't get worse, but it does. She and her parents are spirited away in the middle of the night to an internment camp. Instead of being treated like an American citizen, she and other Muslims are being treated like prisoners of war. Layla is angry with adults around who keep complying with the craziness. She and her friends are going to resist. With the help of many, Layla plans to let the world know what is happening to American citizens at this camp and will protest until their American rights are restored. Layla is playing a dangerous game, and if she doesn't win, she and her friends may lose more than their rights. They may lose their life. This thought-provoking dystopian will terrify you with how close our hate-speech society is transforming this fiction into reality. I think it is an essential text for students to think about and discuss, and it would be especially good paired with George Takei's new graphic novel about his experiences in a Japanese internment camp in They Called Us Enemy. Highly recommended!
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