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An instant New York Times bestseller! " Internment sets itself apart...terrifying, thrilling and urgent." - Entertainment Weekly
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 camp's Director and his guards. Heart-racing and emotional, Internment challenges readers to fight complicit silence that exists in our society today.
Author Notes
Samira Ahmed is the New York Times bestselling author of Love, Hate, & Other Filters, Internment and Hollow Fires. 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. She currently resides in the Midwest. Find her online at samiraahmed.com and on Twitter and Instagram @sam_aye_ahm.
Reviews (7)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Ahmed (Love, Hate & Other Filters) sets her chilling novel in the very near future: two-and-a-half years after an election that brought about a Muslim ban, Exclusion laws, and the internment of Muslims in a disturbing echo of the Japanese internments of the 1940s. Layla Amin, the rebellious 17-year-old Muslim narrator, is enraged by the changes that her small liberal California community accepts: curfews, book burnings, required viewing of the U.S. president's weekly National Security Address. On a personal level, she was suspended from school for kissing her non-Muslim boyfriend in public, and her poet-professor father has lost his job. Still, her family's abrupt nighttime "relocation" to a camp-during which each arrival is branded with ultraviolet identification encoding-is a shock. While her parents shrink into compliance, Layla quickly makes friends and allies who band together to bring public attention to internees' treatment, close down the camps, and put an end to the country's fascism and Islamophobia. Ahmed keeps the tension mounting as Layla faces increasingly violent consequences for her actions; the teenagers' relationships are depicted authentically, and their strength and resistance are inspiring. An unsettling and important book for our times. Ages 12-up. Agent: Eric Smith, P.S. Literary Agency. (Mar.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
Xenophobic fear-mongering, book burnings, terrified families rounded up in the middle of the night to be thrown into internment campsall painfully familiar elements of Americas past and presentdescend upon Layla Amins near-future dystopian world like a drizzle that steadily becomes a torrent. Seventeen-year-old Layla watches as a racist and Islamophobic president emboldens a hateful regime that considers all Muslims to be threats. Ripped from her home and sent to a desert camp, Layla resists the appalling injustice, refusing to accept terror and imprisonment as normal. And she is not alone: other teens and even a few guards join Layla in plans to expose the camp and attain their freedom. But with fellow Muslims being beaten or disappearing to black-ops sites and a sadistic camp director prepared to destroy the resistance by any means, freedom may come at the cost of lives. The line between speculative fiction and contemporary realism has never been fuzzier, and Ahmed doesnt so much balance on it as erase it, in an emotionally authentic, devastatingly intimate, and startlingly concrete portrait of democratic impotence, governmental oppression, and the mechanics that keep them in place. anastasia m. Collins March/April 2019 p 74(c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Set shortly after the 2016 presidential election, Ahmed's novel presents a chilling depiction of America, in which U.S. citizens allow themselves to be controlled by prejudice and fear and succumb to the hateful rhetoric of a populist leader. Seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are among the Muslims rounded up and transported to Manzanar, an internment camp for Muslim American citizens. While most people quietly comply, Layla is determined to fight back for the freedom that is rightfully hers. Layla finds allies both inside and outside the camp, and before long, she herself is at the center of a rebellion against the despicable people in charge. This is a poignant, necessary story that paints a very real, very frank picture of hatred and ignorance, while also giving readers and marginalized individuals hope. It emphasizes that the oppressed have a voice and the power to speak up and fight back, while also reminding us that all citizens have the obligation, responsibility, and power to raise their voices and defend their fellow citizens from mistreatment or abuse. Though it might recall dystopian novels of the recent past, this carries so much more weight and is infinitely more terrifying, since its setting a near-future U.S. could very well exist today, tomorrow, or only a handful of years from now. This timely, important novel should spark many conversations about contemporary issues.--Enishia Davenport Copyright 2019 Booklist
New York Review of Books Review
In a future dystopian United States, an Indian-American teenager named Layla Amin and her fellow Muslim Americans are slowly being stripped of their civil rights. Under the new president's "Exclusion Laws," there are strictly enforced curfews for Muslim households and firing Muslims from government jobs is legal. But it is still a horrific shock when Layla's family is forced to leave their California home for Camp Mobius, a desert internment center. There, Layla is torn between her parents' commitment to safe compliance and her need to vent her fury at being unreasonably detained. She finds a group of like-minded young people, and they channel their rage into secret acts of resistance, some of which result in tragedy. Layla is left asking why her community was denied the privilege Americans are promised, and pondering the cost of freedom. This raw portrait of a young activist coming into her own is not subtle, but it's not meant to be. Layla deliberately draws direct comparisons between Mobius and Manzanar, the World War II JapaneseAmerican internment camp. And it's not hard to guess the inspiration for the novel's political leaders, who praise Nazi sympathizers as "very fine people." These signposts compel readers to acknowledge the very real fear experienced by many Muslim Americans and other marginalized groups at this pivotal present moment. Though Layla angrily asserts, "Forgetting is in the American grain," her near-future story serves as a potent and impassioned reminder of what American nationalism led to in our not so distant past.
School Library Journal Review
Gr 9 Up--In a not-so-distant America, Muslim Americans are forced to register and abide by curfews and a separation from society, which at first is an inconvenience for Layla Amin's social and romantic life. But these troubles quickly seem a distant memory when Layla and her family are taken away in the middle of the night, along with hundreds of other Muslim Americans, and forced into internment camps. Layla is determined to not let the camp, or the country, decide her fate based on the discrimination against her and her religion. With the help of others inside and outside the camps, Layla leads a resistance that challenges the idea that a person's beliefs determines their value in society. This story becomes more and more timely every day, with chants of "send her back" echoing in the news among stories of children being held in cages and camps. What seemed like a fictional premise has now become a cautionary tale that cannot be ignored. Listeners will be drawn into the story immediately as it's read by Soneela Nankani, who does an incredible job bringing Layla's story to life. VERDICT Fans of Love, Hate, and Other Filters will not be disappointed by Ahmed's second novel, which should be included in all YA audiobook collections.--Erica Coonelly, Monroe Township Middle School, NJ
Guardian Review
A scruffy puppy's friendship, a young adventurer's guide to the wild, poltergeist spooks and scroll down for the best new books for teens Spring is bursting with good books for five- to eight-year-olds, and newly independent readers will lap up the cat-and-dog tale of Jasper and Scruff (Little Tiger) by author-illustrator Nicola Colton. Fastidious feline Jasper aspires to membership of the elite Sophisticats, but when Scruff, a bedraggled, chronically enthusiastic puppy, ruins his chances, he discovers that companionship matters more. Adorable illustrations, snappy dialogue and outrageous puns make it the cat's pyjamas for bedtime reading, too. For slightly older kids, especially those navigating friendship challenges, Rebecca Patterson's A Moon Girl Stole My Friend (Andersen) is superb. In a gently down-at-heel future, complete with robot teaching assistants, cyber pets and flying cars, Lyla's best friend, Bianca, falls under the spell of mean girl Petra Lumen. Newly arrived from the Moon, Petra is sleek, fashionable and everything Lyla isn't. Will Bianca ever see Lyla in the same way again? This is the first in a series: Patterson's deft illustrations and keen understanding of playground dynamics give it considerable child-appeal. A clarion call to the child explorer, Teddy Keen's The Lost Book of Adventure (Frances Lincoln), transcribed, apparently, from the notebooks of an unknown adventurer, is a spectacular immersion in the life of the wild. How to make a raft, build a tree house, pack an explorer's kitbag (and poo in the great outdoors) - it's all here, laid out in fascinating detail on pages illustrated with coloured pencils and charm. In picture books, the wild theme continues: Benji Davies's story Tad (HarperCollins) is saturated with colour and steeped in the fear and excitement of growing up. The smallest almost-a-frog in her pond, Tad is too brave and quick to let bottom-dwelling, tadpole-gulping Big Blub catch up with her, though all her siblings seem to have vanished. This witty coming-of-age story is seasoned with just the right amount of terror. There are brightly collaged monsters aplenty in Jan Pie´nkowski and David Walser's condensed, powerful retelling of The Odyssey (Puffin). Featuring a cocky Odysseus, colossal cut-paper gods and strong episodic storytelling, with each new adventure headed by a teasing couplet, it is bold and intensely satisfying for children and adults alike. In contrast, My Grandma and Me (Walker) by Mina Javaherbin, illustrated by Lindsey Yankey, is deeply domestic, filled with exquisite textures - chadors, rugs, the braided crusts of loaves. A little girl growing up with her grandmother in Iran wakes with her, prays with her, cooks with her, and "helps" with everything she does. Their Christian neighbours are their dear friends, religion never standing in the way of fondness. This apparently uneventful story is imbued with quiet richness; the careful delight of daily routines adding up to a lifetime's worth of love. For readers of nine and up, Sam Gayton's The Last Zoo (Andersen) squares up to the probability of a denuded and polluted future. Pia is a zookeeper, tending her charges on a run-down ark; the creatures she looks after, though, are angels, not animals. They come from the Seam, a fault in reality where skilled operatives can shape curious creatures, humanity's last hope for repairing the damage it has done to the world. On Pia's 10th birthday, however, much to her despair, the angels disappear. Poignant, strange, and featuring an extraordinary cast of creatures, from smellephants to Fabergé chickens, Gayton's latest novel is his most moving and ambitious yet. Strangeness also saturates David Almond's graphic-novel collaboration with Dave McKean, Joe Quinn's Poltergeist (Walker). Davie and his friend Geordie don't believe Joe when he tells them there's a poltergeist in his house - but once they are inside, Davie sees objects fly and feels a presence. Could there be something there? Blurring the boundaries between text and image, child and adult, life and afterlife, Almond and McKean create a sense of the meeting point between the human and sublime. Finally, Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties (Puffin) by comedians Humza Arshad and Henry White, illustrated with anarchic humour by Aleksei Bitskoff, is a hilarious story about Humza Khan; always in trouble, cuddly rather than ripped, and determined (against all odds and common sense) to become a global rap star. But when the Asian aunties of the neighbourhood start replacing all the teachers, it's Humza and his friends who'll have to foil their fiendish plan. Microwaved pants and killer bees feature in this rib-aching comic caper, heightened with moments of real tenderness and heart. Teenagers roundup One Shot by Tanya Landman, Barrington Stoke, £7.99 Landman is known for her ferocious, affecting historical fiction, and this account of Annie Oakley's early life - institutionalised by her mother, abused by foster parents, yet unerringly sure of herself and her skill with a gun - is one of her best. Grim yet uplifting, this slim, tough book will grip its reader from first page to last. Proud compiled by Juno Dawson, Stripes, £7.99 This anthology of stories, poems and artwork by LGBTQ writers and illustrators, including Jess Vallance, Dean Atta and Moïra Fowley-Doyle, is a rainbow box of delights. From a lesbian Pride and Prejudice set at a high school to a football team defending a trans player, there's something for everyone - humour, romance and activism. Dawson's introduction, recalling Section 28, is particularly poignant. The Year I Didn't Eat by Samuel Pollen, ZunTold, £7.99 Despite its focus on eating disorders, Pollen's debut is far from a heavy-handed "issue book". Following 14-year-old Max through a year of contending with anorexia, it interweaves family crisis, his nascent interest in geocaching, and the baffling mock-advances of a gorgeous but eccentric girl at school in a moving and hilarious story. Internment by Samira Ahmed, Atom, £7.99 Even after the census, Layla doesn't expect her family to be interned for being Muslim, shunted into desert camps by soldiers with guns. Her parents want her to keep her head down and focus on survival - but Layla is determined to resist. Though there are moments that stretch reader credulity (the ease with which her boyfriend enters the camp), this is a tremendous novel.
Kirkus Review
Layla was a regular American teenager until the new Islamophobic president enacted Exclusion Laws.Muslims are being rounded up, their books burned, and their bodies encoded with identification numbers. Neighbors are divided, and the government is going after resisters. Layla and her family are interned in the California desert along with thousands of other Muslim Americans, but she refuses to accept the circumstances of her detention, plotting to take down the system. She quickly learns that resistance is no joke: Two hijabi girls are beaten and dragged away screaming after standing up to the camp director. There are rumors of people being sent to black-op sites. Some guards seem sympathetic, but can they be trusted? Taking on Islamophobia and racism in a Trump-like America, Ahmed's (Love, Hate Other Filters, 2018) 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. Layla grows in consciousness as she begins to understand her struggle not as an individual accident of fate, but as part of an experience of oppression she shares with millions. This work asks the question many are too afraid to confront: What will happen if xenophobia and racism are allowed to fester and grow unabated?A reminder that even in a world filled with divisions and right-wing ideology, young people will rise up and demand equality for all. (Realistic fiction. 13-18) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
