
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.
Ages 12+
Paperback
by Samira Ahmed