American Heart - Moriarty, Laura
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?I was in love with this country. But it has broken my heart.? Imagine a United States in which registries and detainment camps for Muslim Americans are a reality. Fifteen-year-old Sarah-Mary Williams of Hannibal, Missouri, lives in this world, and though she has strong opinions on almost everything, she isn't concerned with the internments because she doesn't know any Muslims. But when she happens upon Sadaf, a Muslim fugitive determined to reach safety in Canada, Sarah-Mary finds herself reconsidering her assumptions about who she has been taught to fear?and what true patriotism requires.…mehr

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?I was in love with this country. But it has broken my heart.? Imagine a United States in which registries and detainment camps for Muslim Americans are a reality. Fifteen-year-old Sarah-Mary Williams of Hannibal, Missouri, lives in this world, and though she has strong opinions on almost everything, she isn't concerned with the internments because she doesn't know any Muslims. But when she happens upon Sadaf, a Muslim fugitive determined to reach safety in Canada, Sarah-Mary finds herself reconsidering her assumptions about who she has been taught to fear?and what true patriotism requires. The two set off on a dangerous journey, hitchhiking their way through America's heartland, discovering courage and kindness in the most unexpected places.
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Laura Moriarty is the New York Times bestselling author of The Chaperone, as well as The Rest of Her Life, While I'm Falling, The Center of Everything, and American Heart. She received her degree in social work before returning for her MA in creative writing at the University of Kansas, and she was the recipient of the George Bennett Fellowship for Creative Writing at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. She currently lives in Lawrence, Kansas, where she is a professor of creative writing at the University of Kansas. Visit her online at www.lauramoriarty.net.