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Internment

By: Samira Ahmed
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
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Publisher's summary

Rebellions are built on hope.

Set in a horrifying near-future United States, 17-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 listeners to fight complicit silence that exists in our society today.

"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)

©2019 Samira Ahmed (P)2019 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"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)

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When fiction feels like reality

Layla Amin is a Muslim Indian American girl that ends up in an internment camp for Muslim Americans with her family. It is the near future. Nazis have taken over the United States and there is now a Muslim ban. She quickly realizes that her non Muslim liberal friends are just as complicit when they start rounding up people for the camps. How does it all start? With a damn census questionnaire. This book is about fighting for freedom and how she starts a revolution with her new friends at the camp, her boyfriend that’s outside the camp, and an unlikely ally.

The narrator was perfect for this book and did a wonderful job switching characters

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This is a Must Read

The most frightening thing about this book is knowing how easily it could come true, especially right now.

I want to do justice to this book but I feel like my words are not enough, this dystopian book could happen in one tweet. I would hope I have Layla’s courage to stand up to the injustices or even the strength of Jake & Fred, heroes all.

These are American Muslims, US Citizens put into camps, marked with a number how can this happen here? Again how can we let it happen again?? Are there truths in this book, oh yeah, hard ones , ones we white people really need to look at. What side will you stand on? Would you fight before it happens or put your head in the sand while they carry off your neighbors? This book will make you think, I hope it will make you realize we don’t want this as our future. These characters and this story will stay with me a long time.

Remember this could be any immigrant. Look at what is happening on our southern border…

This is a must read book, it needs to be in every library collection.

Soneela Nankani's narration was fabulous!

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Fifteen Minutes Into the Future

I am so glad I did not listen to the negative reviews that some people gave this book. I do, however, agree with them (to a point) that there is a strong anti-Trump strain that runs through this book. But, I believe that plays directly to people’s fears - and that is what this FICTION book is all about — an extrapolation of people’s fears. Make no mistake — it CAN happen here. I do, however, disagree with the author that fascism only comes draped in a flag — it also comes disguised as anti-fascism. It is up to all of us to stay aware — and recognize the enemy when we see them. This is a great work of fiction that should receive every award possible!! It is a warning to everyone in the United States to be vigilant — be on guard — There are unscrupulous people who would undermine the freedom of someone else if there was a bit of money or power to be made off of it. Kudos!!

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A glimpse into the future

This book gives a hard-hitting look at what the United States has in store if we keep pushing the current agenda. The fact that we currently have someone leading our country who has been proven to be a racist, bigot and xenophobia. If we do not come together and protect those that can not protect themselves we will see this book come to past. We as a country have done this.. learn from our past embrace our mistakes and move forward to become a stronger .

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chilling realistic fiction

Could have done without the language and the repetitious teenager thought process, but the subject matter needs to be addressed and was well done.

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timely

Scary how the past repeats itself... loved the way this took the perspective of a teen of today a single election in the future and let you see through her Muslim American agnostic eyes what a Japanese American teen may have felt in WW2. it would make a good movie.

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Internment is AMAZING!

Internment is an amazing book! It's so thrilling and not everything in that book is happy... but definitely not predictable. I love it because you don't know what's going to happen and I never want to stop reading because it's like the whole book is a cliff hanger. I definitely do recommend it to everyone!!

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Heart wrenching

This book is such a window into what is possible if we do not take a stand, as well as what people in the past experienced. I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. I really believe that this book has the power to change the hearts and minds of Americans far and wide.

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Absolutely amazing

This book was beautiful. I don't know how to out my feelings into words for this book, but I want everyone to read it.

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Heart wrenching Story

I couldn't put this book down. I cried many times but was very good. It is worth reading! This book also relates to what's going on now in the world.

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