Written by two bestselling and award-winning authors, Bifocal is based on a true incident. When a Muslim boy is arrested for suspicion of terrorist activity, the school population becomes polarized. Haroon, a young Muslim, is a serious student devoted to his family. Jay, a white kid and a rising football star who is new to the school, is fiercely devoted to his team. Amid an atmosphere of growing racial tension, both boys set out on a painful journey of self-discovery, where they must question their loyalties and the beliefs they have always taken for granted.
KLIATT
To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2007: Ellis and Walters are familiar writers of YA stories and they successfully create a dramatic high school situation that brings current issues to the forefront. There are two narrators: Jay, a white boy, new to the school, who plays on the football team; and Haroon, a brilliant Muslim student. There is a terrorist scare on their high school campus and immediately all Muslim students are suspect. Even Haroon is leery about one of his Muslim classmates. Kevin, the captain of the football team, is a bully who uses his natural leadership abilities to hold power over others. Jay is susceptible to Kevin's lure, of course, and gets himself into a moral dilemma all his own. High school dynamics meld with white suspicion of brown people and immigrants in a suspenseful story that offers many opportunities for YA readers to consider their own attitudes about others, and about police harassment. Reviewer: Claire Rosser
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Literature & Fiction
- Social & Family Issues
- Prejudice & Racism
- Social & Family Issues
- Literature & Fiction
Publisher : Fitzhenry and Whiteside
Author : Ellis, Deborah,Walters, Eric
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2007-09-18
Number Of Pages : 240
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 155455036X
ISBN-13 : 9781554550364
Item weight : 0.75 lb
Dimensions : 1.1 in x 5.9 in x 8.2 in
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