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Moriarty, Laura

American Heart

404 pp. | HarperTeen | January, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-269410-2 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-269412-6
(4) YA In an America where Muslims live in internment camps, Sarah-Mary confronts her Islamophobia after she discovers a fugitive Muslim who asks for her help to flee to Canada. Because the Muslim character is never fully developed, the novel's anti-racist sentiment feels dubious. Though well-written and suspenseful, the book doesn't do enough to parse the difference between representing racism and ignorance and condoning it.
Reviewer: Julie Hakim Azzam

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