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273 pp.
| Fitzhenry |
October, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-1-55455-036-4$17.95
(4)
YA
Meathead jock Jay and Persian Canadian Haroon witness their classmate being arrested as a suspected terrorist. The story alternates between the two boys' first-person perspectives as they try to make sense of the racial tensions and fear swirling around them. Though thought-provoking and sincere, the novel's message of overcoming intolerance is too apparent.