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Internment

Samira Ahmed

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English
Atom
12 March 2019
Set in a horrifying 'fifteen minutes in the future' United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin is forced into an internment camp for Muslim-Americans along with her parents.

With the help of newly-made friends also trapped within the 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 questions the imaginary boundaries that separate us and challenges readers to fight the complicit silence that exists in our society today.

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Imprint:   Atom
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 196mm,  Width: 126mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   280g
ISBN:   9780349003344
ISBN 10:   0349003343
Pages:   400
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 12 to 80 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Preschool (0-5)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Samira Ahmed is the New York Times bestselling and Indies Introduce author of LOVE, HATE & OTHER FILTERS. She was born in Bombay, India, and grew up in Batavia, Illinois, in a house that smelled like fried onions, spices and potpourri. Samira once spent a year searching for the perfect mango, eventually learning that the quest was always about the journey and not merely the destination. She graduated from the University of Chicago and has taught high school English and worked in education non-profits and on political campaigns. These days, she lives and writes in Chicago, every keystroke reminding her that art is resistance. Find her at www.samiraahmed.com and @sam_aye_ahm

Reviews for Internment

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 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 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 Mosquitoland *


  • Nominated for CILIP Carnegie Medal 2020 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2020 (UK)

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