Budhos, Marina

Ask me no questions / Marina Budhos - 1a. ed. - New York Scholastic Inc 2006 - 162 p.

Nadire and her family are illegal aliens, fleeing to the Canadian border running from the country they thought was their home. For years since emigrating from Bangladesh, they hace lived on expired visas in New York City, hoping they could someday realize their dream of becoming legal citizens of the United States. But after 9-11, everything changes. Suddenly, being Muslim means being dangerous, a suspected terrorist. And when Nadira´s father is arrested and detained at the border, Nadira and her older sister, Aisha, area sent back to Queens and told to carry on, as if everything is the same

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ILEGAL ALIENS
JUVENILE FICTION
HIGH SCHOOLS--JUVENILE FICTION
SCHOOLS--JUVENILE FICTION
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