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Gr 7 Up—Naeem Rahman is a Bangladeshi immigrant and high school senior who lives in a Muslim neighborhood in Queens, where everyone is under surveillance because of fear of terrorist activity. His parents are struggling to make a living from their corner store, and they hope Naeem will be more successful than they are. However, he is more interested in street life and taking chances with the law than he is in studying. When his friend Ibrahim entices him into shoplifting and then abandons him to the cops, the protagonist is offered a d...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

As a Muslim immigrant in Queens (having arrived from Bangladesh at age eleven), Naeem has grown up under the watchful eyes of his father and stepmother: "Do your best...Don't make trouble." Now a teenager, he has fallen in with a reckless high school crowd and has let his grades slip to the point of not graduating. Disaster finally strikes when Naeem lands in police custody and finds that he has been watched more closely and by mor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Muslim Bangladeshi immigrant Naeem has fallen in with a reckless high-school crowd. He lands in police custody and is presented with...Log In or Sign Up to Read More