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amynbell's review against another edition
3.0
This is the same story told from the viewpoint of two different teenagers from two different cultures with their parts written by two different award-winning authors. (see my complete review here at Amazon.com)
Note: While I critique both purchased and free books in the same way, I'm legally obligated to tell you I received this book free through the Amazon Vine program in return for my review. Blah blah blah.
Note: While I critique both purchased and free books in the same way, I'm legally obligated to tell you I received this book free through the Amazon Vine program in return for my review. Blah blah blah.
sumayyah_t's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars
I liked it, even though it is VERY flawed, with a few inconsistencies, but it gets the point across (although both authors are white, and far removed from their teenage years).
It could have been done much better, but I still liked it, if only that there are few teen books that deals specifically with this type of racism. (Well, there are books about this, but are almost always written by real Muslims and almost never see a mainstream following.)
Additionally, it deals almost completely with the AFTERMATH of the lock down of the school due to "terrorist" activities and focuses on students were not a part of the suspected terror cell.
Above all, read it, encourage your children to read it, and most importantly, DISCUSS it.
I liked it, even though it is VERY flawed, with a few inconsistencies, but it gets the point across (although both authors are white, and far removed from their teenage years).
It could have been done much better, but I still liked it, if only that there are few teen books that deals specifically with this type of racism. (Well, there are books about this, but are almost always written by real Muslims and almost never see a mainstream following.)
Additionally, it deals almost completely with the AFTERMATH of the lock down of the school due to "terrorist" activities and focuses on students were not a part of the suspected terror cell.
Above all, read it, encourage your children to read it, and most importantly, DISCUSS it.
trivial_reads's review against another edition
1.0
Did not like this book at all. Horrible way to start of 2013's reading challenge. On to the next one.
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