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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 internment 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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* ...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 * ...Sensitive and stirring. For all collections. --School Library Journal, starred review Internment sets itself apart...terrifying, thrilling and urgent. --Entertainment Weekly * 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 Thank you to Samira Ahmed for giving us Layla, the Strong and Independent Female Character that we are always promised, but never actually get. --Emily Knosher, Read It Again Bookstore, Monticello, NY * An unsettling and important book for our times. --Publishers Weekly, starred review A necessary read for all young people, now more than ever. --Cecilia Cackley, East City Bookshop, Washington DC A riveting, ferocious read that will keep you up at night, a story about complicity and cowardice, strength, vulnerability, and hope. --Eugenia Vela, BookPeople, Austin, TX Internment builds a great case for empathy on all sides and for fighting history repeating itself. --Sami Thomason, Square Books, Oxford, MS Terrifying, inspiring, heart-pounding, and incredibly timely. With an ultimately hopeful voice, Samira Ahmed shows how one person and small acts of bravery can spark a flame of resistance and inspire others to bring change. --Lauren Nopenz Fairley, Curious Iguana, Frederick, MD *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 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 Internment is a scathing indictment of our current political times. Ahmed has gifted us Layla, a courageous young revolutionary who fights against all boundaries of hate and ignorance. A must read for activists who continue to push back against the big What-Ifs. --National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, author of American Street and Pride 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 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 A powerful and poignant exploration of a nightmare made real. It's a testament to Ahmed's writing then, that the heart of the story is one of hope. Read INTERNMENT. Raise a fist. --David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Moquitoland and Kids of Appetite

* ...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 * ...Sensitive and stirring. For all collections. --School Library Journal, 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 *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 Internment is a visceral, essential book, both horrifying and hopeful. Ahmed deserves a spot on every book shelf in America. --p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times}span.s1 {font-kerning: none}Kiersten White, New York Times Bestselling author of And I Darken and The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein Internment sets itself apart...terrifying, thrilling and urgent. --Entertainment Weekly A powerful and poignant exploration of a nightmare made real. It's a testament to Ahmed's writing then, that the heart of the story is one of hope. Read INTERNMENT. Raise a fist. --David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Moquitoland and Kids of Appetite 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. --p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times}span.s1 {font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff}Stacey Lee, award-winning author of Outrun the Moon 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 Internment is a scathing indictment of our current political times. Ahmed has gifted us Layla, a courageous young revolutionary who fights against all boundaries of hate and ignorance. A must read for activists who continue to push back against the big What-Ifs. --National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, author of American Street and Pride Internment builds a great case for empathy on all sides and for fighting history repeating itself. --Sami Thomason, Square Books, Oxford, MS A necessary read for all young people, now more than ever. --Cecilia Cackley, East City Bookshop, Washington DC A riveting, ferocious read that will keep you up at night, a story about complicity and cowardice, strength, vulnerability, and hope. --Eugenia Vela, BookPeople, Austin, TX Terrifying, inspiring, heart-pounding, and incredibly timely. With an ultimately hopeful voice, Samira Ahmed shows how one person and small acts of bravery can spark a flame of resistance and inspire others to bring change. --Lauren Nopenz Fairley, Curious Iguana, Frederick, MD Thank you to Samira Ahmed for giving us Layla, the Strong and Independent Female Character that we are always promised, but never actually get. --Emily Knosher, Read It Again Bookstore, Monticello, NY

A powerful and poignant exploration of a nightmare made real. It's a testament to Ahmed's writing then, that the heart of the story is one of hope. Read INTERNMENT. Raise a fist. --David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Moquitoland and Kids of Appetite Internment is a scathing indictment of our current political times. Ahmed has gifted us Layla, a courageous young revolutionary who fights against all boundaries of hate and ignorance. A must read for activists who continue to push back against the big What-Ifs. --National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, author of American Street and Pride 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 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

A necessary read for all young people, now more than ever. --Cecilia Cackley, East City Bookshop, Washington DC A riveting, ferocious read that will keep you up at night, a story about complicity and cowardice, strength, vulnerability, and hope. --Eugenia Vela, BookPeople, Austin, TX Thank you to Samira Ahmed for giving us Layla, the Strong and Independent Female Character that we are always promised, but never actually get. --Emily Knosher, Read It Again Bookstore, Monticello, NY Internment builds a great case for empathy on all sides and for fighting history repeating itself. --Sami Thomason, Square Books, Oxford, MS Terrifying, inspiring, heart-pounding, and incredibly timely. With an ultimately hopeful voice, Samira Ahmed shows how one person and small acts of bravery can spark a flame of resistance and inspire others to bring change. --Lauren Nopenz Fairley, Curious Iguana, Frederick, MD The Hate U Give meets The Handmaid's Tale in this slightly futuristic and dystopian version of America in which Muslim Americans are placed in internment camps. A revelation. --Christine Stamper, Bookbug, Kalamazoo, MI * An unsettling and important book for our times. --Publishers Weekly, 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 *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 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 powerful and poignant exploration of a nightmare made real. It's a testament to Ahmed's writing then, that the heart of the story is one of hope. Read INTERNMENT. Raise a fist. --David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Moquitoland and Kids of Appetite Internment is a scathing indictment of our current political times. Ahmed has gifted us Layla, a courageous young revolutionary who fights against all boundaries of hate and ignorance. A must read for activists who continue to push back against the big What-Ifs. --National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, author of American Street and Pride 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 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 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 A powerful and poignant exploration of a nightmare made real. It's a testament to Ahmed's writing then, that the heart of the story is one of hope. Read INTERNMENT. Raise a fist. --David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Moquitoland and Kids of Appetite Internment is a scathing indictment of our current political times. Ahmed has gifted us Layla, a courageous young revolutionary who fights against all boundaries of hate and ignorance. A must read for activists who continue to push back against the big What-Ifs. --National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, author of American Street and Pride 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

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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. Find her online at samiraahmed.com and on Twitter and Instagram @sam_aye_ahm.

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