Zara's Family Has Waited Years For Their Visa Process To Be Finalized So That They Can Officially Become Us Citizens. But It Only Takes One Moment For That Dream To Come Crashing Down Around Them. Seventeen-year-old Pakistani Immigrant, Zara Hossain, Has Been Leading A Fairly Typical Life In Corpus Christi, Texas, Since Her Family Moved There For Her Father To Work As A Pediatrician. While Dealing With The Islamophobia That She Faces At School, Zara Has To Lay Low, Trying Not To Stir Up Any Trouble And Jeopardize Their Family's Dependent Visa Status While They Await Their Green Card Approval, Which Has Been In Process For Almost Nine Years. But One Day Her Tormentor, Star Football Player Tyler Benson, Takes Things Too Far, Leaving A Threatening Note In Her Locker, And Gets Suspended. As An Act Of Revenge Against Her For Speaking Out, Tyler And His Friends Vandalize Zara's House With Racist Graffiti, Leading To A Violent Crime That Puts Zara's Entire Future At Risk. Now She Must Pay The Ultimate Price And Choose Between Fighting To Stay In The Only Place She's Ever Called Home Or Losing The Life She Loves And Everyone In It. From The Author Of The Heart-wrenching Yet Hopeful (samira Ahmed) Novel, The Love And Lies Of Rukhsana Ali, Comes A Timely, Intimate Look At What It Means To Be An Immigrant In America Today, And The Endurance Of Hope And Faith In The Face Of Hate.
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Literature & Fiction
- Social & Family Issues
- Emigration, Immigration & Refugees
- Social & Family Issues
- Literature & Fiction
Publisher : Scholastic Press
Author : Khan, Sabina
Language : English
Published :2021-04-06
Number Of Pages : 244
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 1338580876
ISBN-13 : 9781338580877
Item weight : 0.65 lb
Dimensions : 0.75 in x 5.5 in x 8.5 in
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