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Internment by Samira Ahmed
5.0

A terrifying glimpse into what our society could become... You will not want to put this down. Layla Amin faces an internment camp for Muslims--something that we might put aside as a thing of the past, a relic from the fascism, racism, and thoughtlessness of World War II. But fascism never went away, as evidenced by recent rallies from neo-Nazis and extreme conservatives, supporters of border walls and people okay with separating immigrant families. Yes, these migrant children in cages are in prison camps--they're just not called that. In this book, 2 and a half years since the presidential election, Layla finds that freedom of speech is a lie, and so is democracy. How far are we from that now?