I loved how close we felt to Layla, how we saw her thought process and emotions so deeply.

A lot of YA female characters suffer from the ‘stubborn girl who refuses to listen’ syndrome but though stubborn, I really didn’t think that of Layla at all. Layla is such a strong character, one who resists and fights back even in the most dire of circumstances. Told from the point of view of Layla, we are overwhelmed with the horror and fear she feels as she’s taken from her home. The tension, the fear, the absolute shock and horror at what’s happening makes for an extremely gripping read. I was immediately drawn into the world of this book because it does feel so much like the reality we currently live in. Layla and her family are rounded up in the night and taken to an internment camp. First, Muslim immigration was stopped and then the Muslim registry appeared book burnings Exclusion Laws and now Muslims have been declared a threat to America. Internment is set a few years after the US election. And that’s why this book is so necessary. It’s anxiety inducing and terrifying in how close we seem to a moment like it. Internment is a tense, extremely difficult read. Heart-racing and emotional, Internment challenges readers to fight complicit silence that exists in our society today. With the help of newly made friends also trapped within the internment camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the internment camp’s Director and his guards. Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens. Goodreads blurb: Rebellions are built on hope. Genre: Contemporary| Young adult | Political

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