Marina Budhosâ€™s extraordinary and timely novel examines what itâ€™s like to grow up under surveillance, something many Americans experience and most Muslim Americans know.

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Marina Budhosâ€™s extraordinary and timely novel examines what itâ€™s like to grow up under surveillance, something many Americans experience and most Muslim Americans know.
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Naeem is far from the â€œmodel teen.â€ Moving fast in his immigrant neighborhood in Queens is the only way he can outrun the eyes of his hardworking Bangladeshi parents and their gossipy neighbors. Even worse, theyâ€™re not the only ones watching.Â Cameras on poles.Â Mosques infiltrated. Everyone knows: Be careful what you say and who you say it to. Anyone might be a watcher.
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Naeem thinks he can charm his way through anything, until his mistakes catch up with him and the cops offer a dark deal. Naeem sees a way to be a heroâ€”a protectorâ€”like the guys in his brotherâ€™s comic books. Yet what is a hero? What is a traitor? And where does Naeem belong?
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Acclaimed author Marina Budhos delivers a riveting story thatâ€™s as vivid and involving as todayâ€™s headlines.

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