No True Believers
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Fans of the riveting mystery in Courtney Summers's Sadie and the themes of race and religion in Samira Ahmed's Internment will be captivated by this exploration of the intersection of Islamaphobia and white supremacy as an American Muslim teen is forced...
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Fans of the riveting mystery in Courtney Summers's Sadie and the themes of race and religion in Samira Ahmed's Internment will be captivated by this exploration of the intersection of Islamaphobia and white supremacy as an American Muslim teen is forced to confront hatred and hidden danger when she is framed for a terrorist act she did not commit.Salma Bakkioui has always loved living in her suburban cul-de-sac, with her best friend Mariam next door, and her boyfriend Amir nearby. Then things start to change. Friends start to distance themselves. Mariam's family moves when her father's patients no longer want a Muslim chiropractor. Even trusted teachers look the other way when hostile students threaten Salma at school.
After a terrorist bombing nearby, Islamaphobia tightens its grip around Salma and her family. Shockingly, she and Amir find themselves with few allies as they come under suspicion for the bombing. As Salma starts to investigate who is framing them, she uncovers a deadly secret conspiracy with suspicious ties to her new neighbors--but no one believes her. Salma must use her coding talent, wits, and faith to expose the truth and protect the only home she's ever known--before it's too late.
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1We never see the world exactly as it is. We see it through whatever lens we choose. I never understood the difference until that sunny Thursday afternoon, the last day of April, when I stood face to face with Mariam in her driveway. In that moment the world became clear in all its stark ugliness. I was losing my best friend. Mariam Muhammad: my soul sister, lifelong neighbor, and general co-conspirator in all things.
My eyes fell to the driveway. It was ridiculous; even the pavement made me want to cry. We d played hopscotch here. And there was no use spinning it as Oh, she ll come back to Arlington all the time. We knew better, both of us. Seeing each other from now on would involve passports and expensive airfares, clearances and checkpoints. Also, eight time zones. The truth was that she wasn t moving. She was fleeing. She and her whole family were now refugees--off to Dubai, the new Promised Land--an escape from Mason Terrace, a cul-de-sac so ridiculously safe and suburban that local real estate sites featured it to prove the entire neighborhood s safety and suburban-ness.
Comical, if it weren t so depressingly false.
When I looked up, Mariam was smiling, of course. Mariam the brave. Mariam the good. Cheery in the face of stress and sorrow. I lurched forward to hug her, the bright side of the Salma-Mariam moon. We were a unit in that way: visible yet detached, maybe a bit mysterious (we hoped)? Yes, we d stay in touch. Through Twitter or WhatsApp or whatever. Even old-fashioned letters! she d said. Mariam wouldn t let me slide, even though videoconferencing was illegal in the UAE. Which didn t help diminish the sudden and intense loneliness. Our moon would be all darkness now.
How am I going to survive the rest of senior year at Franklin without you?
It s going to be okay, Salma, Mariam whispered in my ear.
I stepped away, wiping my eyes. Can t you just stay through
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till the weekend, till the grand fundraiser? I was thinking of raiding the mosque s funds. Pay off your parents mortgage or at least get y all a ticket for later in the month. I ve never celebrated an Eid without you.
Yeah, pretty sure stealing from the masjid won t go over too well with the Lord of the worlds, she joked, trying to snap me out of my funk. Besides, if you wanted me to stay that badly, you should have hacked into Air Emirates. Gotten us cheaper tickets.
If you only knew, I thought miserably.
Hey, look at it this way. Now you get to spend more time with Amir. Mariam gave my hand a final squeeze. And that brother is way too cute for you to be so sad.
She was right about that, at least.
Amir and I began several months ago at one of Vanessa Richman s legendary Hey, my parents are out of town parties. We were packed in the basement with thirty other kids from Franklin, mostly Vanessa s friends, though I d brought a couple of mine: the usual twosome, Lisa and Kerry. Or as they jokingly referred to themselves, Dora and Boots.
Lisa de la Pena happened to be my physical therapist s daughter, but she had recently become my go-to party pal. Kerry Morrison, a willowy redhead with a Southern cowgirl style, was basically Lisa s Mariam: like Mariam and me, they were a unit, BFFs since toddlerhood. The self-made Dora the Explorer nickname came in middle school. Apparently Kerry had come up with it after some idiots had bullied Lisa for being Latinx and accused her of being an illegal. (According to Lisa, Kerry was also unafraid to use her cowboy boots for butt-whoopings of bullying idiots, though I d never seen her be
Yeah, pretty sure stealing from the masjid won t go over too well with the Lord of the worlds, she joked, trying to snap me out of my funk. Besides, if you wanted me to stay that badly, you should have hacked into Air Emirates. Gotten us cheaper tickets.
If you only knew, I thought miserably.
Hey, look at it this way. Now you get to spend more time with Amir. Mariam gave my hand a final squeeze. And that brother is way too cute for you to be so sad.
She was right about that, at least.
Amir and I began several months ago at one of Vanessa Richman s legendary Hey, my parents are out of town parties. We were packed in the basement with thirty other kids from Franklin, mostly Vanessa s friends, though I d brought a couple of mine: the usual twosome, Lisa and Kerry. Or as they jokingly referred to themselves, Dora and Boots.
Lisa de la Pena happened to be my physical therapist s daughter, but she had recently become my go-to party pal. Kerry Morrison, a willowy redhead with a Southern cowgirl style, was basically Lisa s Mariam: like Mariam and me, they were a unit, BFFs since toddlerhood. The self-made Dora the Explorer nickname came in middle school. Apparently Kerry had come up with it after some idiots had bullied Lisa for being Latinx and accused her of being an illegal. (According to Lisa, Kerry was also unafraid to use her cowboy boots for butt-whoopings of bullying idiots, though I d never seen her be
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Autoren-Porträt von Rabiah York Lumbard
Rabiah York Lumbard is an award-winning author of the picture book, The Conference of the Birds . After embracing Islam at the age of eighteen, she earned a BA in Religious Studies from George Washington University and is currently completing her MFA in Creative Writing from Spalding University. No True Believers is Rabiah's deeply-personal debut novel which draws on her own experience as an America Muslim at home and abroad. She lives in Doha with her husband and their three daughters. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook, or visit her at rabiahyorklumbard.com.
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- Autor: Rabiah York Lumbard
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 14 Jahre
- 2020, Internationale Ausgabe, 304 Seiten, Masse: 14,1 x 20,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0593175336
- ISBN-13: 9780593175330
- Erscheinungsdatum: 30.01.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"A thriller with a Muslim American teen girl as the hero will give readers a unique character to root for and a reminder that anyone can be patriotic. BulletinA page-turner that carries a message of radical love, regardless of faith. Booklist
"Recommended for readers who want a relatable and realistic portrayal of a Muslim teen with the twists and action of a suspenseful thriller" --School Library Journal
"Lumbard s novel succeeds in illuminating fundamental similarities across religions and portraying a harrowing situation that feels contemporary and plausible. --Publishers Weekly
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