This book won't burn

After her dad abruptly abandons her family and her mom moves them a million miles from their Chicago home, Noor Khan is forced to start the last quarter of her senior year at a new school, away from everything and everyone she knows and loves. Reeling from being uprooted and deserted, Noor is certai...

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Main Author: Ahmed, Samira (Fiction writer) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:After her dad abruptly abandons her family and her mom moves them a million miles from their Chicago home, Noor Khan is forced to start the last quarter of her senior year at a new school, away from everything and everyone she knows and loves. Reeling from being uprooted and deserted, Noor is certain the key to survival is to keep her head down and make it to graduation. But things aren't so simple. At school, Noor discovers hundreds of books have been labeled "obscene" or "pornographic" and are being removed from the library in accordance with a new school board policy. Even worse, virtually all the banned books are by queer and BIPOC authors. Noor can't sit back and do nothing, because that goes against everything she believes in, but challenging the status quo just might put a target on her back. Can she effect change by speaking up? Or will small-town politics-and small-town love-be her downfall?
Physical Description:374 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 12 & Up.
ISBN:9780316547840
0316547840
Author Notes:Samira Ahmed is the New York Times bestselling author of Love, Hate, & Other Filters and Internment . She was born in Bombay, India, and has lived in New York, Chicago, and Kauai, where she spent a year searching for the perfect mango. She invites you to visit her online at samiraahmed.com and on Twitter and Instagram @sam_aye_ahm.