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Watched by Budhos, Marina
by Budhos, Marina | PB | Acceptable
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- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780553534214
- Book Title
- Watched
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
- Topic
- Religious / Muslim, General, Boys & Men, People & Places / United States / General, Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, People & Places / United States / Asian American, Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
- Item Weight
- 7.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
ISBN-10
0553534211
ISBN-13
9780553534214
eBay Product ID (ePID)
228742174
Product Key Features
Book Title
Watched
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Religious / Muslim, General, Boys & Men, People & Places / United States / General, Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, People & Places / United States / Asian American, Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
7.9 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Young Adult Audience
LCCN
2015-046828
Reviews
Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book, We Need Diverse Books Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book A Notable Book for a Global Society (NBGS) CCBC Choices Award Selection for Young Adult Fiction YALSA Best YA Fiction for Young Adults YALSA Quick Pick Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best A Junior Library Guild Selection Maine Student Book Award Reading List "Budhos perfectly captures the gritty details of daily life in a Queens neighborhood, as well as the nuances of different immigrant groups." -- SLJ , Starred review "A compelling coming-of-age story, and even readers who choose to downplay the current events threads will find Naeem's strange path to reconnection with his family rewarding." -- The Bulletin " Beautiful and intelligent. .. It brings to chilling life the corrupting effects of official surveillance - for both watched and watchers ... No one who reads WATCHED- young or old - will come away without empathy and compassion for the thousands of 'Naeems' now residing in this nation." --Patricia McCormick, author of SOLD " Watched will pull you into its world with magnetic, graceful power, and deeply touching scenes of immigrant life and relationships. A hauntingly perfect, potent story for this moment."--Naomi Shihab Nye, author of Habibi "I loved this book, a tense, realistic thriller set right now in a time of homeland insecurity."--Robert Lipsyte, author of The Contender "Riveting...Naeem is a wonderful character, full of heart, conflicted, negotiating his own gorgeously, grittily depicted multicultural neighborhood.." --Tanuja Desai Hidier, author of Born Confused " Watched reveals profound immigrant truths about survival and betrayal, and what it really means to feel like you belong. Everyone should read this necessary book."-- Moustafa Bayoumi, author of This Muslim American Life & How Does It Feel To Be A Problem ? "Naeem's experiences mirror those of many Muslim, Arab and South Asian teenagers navigating their lives in the backdrop of post 9/11 America. "--Deepa Iyer, author of We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
Seventh Grade
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
From acclaimed author Budhos ("Watched") comes an extraordinary and timely novel--named a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book--that examines what it's like to grow up under surveillance, something many Americans experience and most Muslim Americans know., Anextraordinary and timely novel, aWalter Dean Myers Award Honor Book,examines what it's like to grow up under surveillance in America. Be careful what you say and who you say it to.Anyone might be a watcher. Naeem is a Bangledeshi teenager living in Queens who thinks he can charm his way through anything. But then mistakes catch up with him. So do the cops, who offer him an impossible choice- spy on his Muslim neighbors and report back to them on shady goings-on, or face a police record. Naeem wants to be a hero-a protector. He wants his parents to be proud of him. But as time goes on, the line between informing and entrapping blurs. Is he saving or betraying his community? Inspired by actual surveillance practices in New York City and elsewhere, Marina Budhos's extraordinary and timely novel examines what it's like to grow up with Big Brother always watching . Naeem's riveting story is as vivid and involving as today's headlines. Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book, We Need Diverse Books Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book YALSA Best YA Fiction for Young Adults "A fast-moving, gripping tale." - SLJ , Starred, An extraordinary and timely novel, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book, examines what it's like to grow up under surveillance in America. Be careful what you say and who you say it to. Anyone might be a watcher. Naeem is a Bangledeshi teenager living in Queens who thinks he can charm his way through anything. But then mistakes catch up with him. So do the cops, who offer him an impossible choice: spy on his Muslim neighbors and report back to them on shady goings-on, or face a police record. Naeem wants to be a hero--a protector. He wants his parents to be proud of him. But as time goes on, the line between informing and entrapping blurs. Is he saving or betraying his community? Inspired by actual surveillance practices in New York City and elsewhere, Marina Budhos's extraordinary and timely novel examines what it's like to grow up with Big Brother always watching . Naeem's riveting story is as vivid and involving as today's headlines. Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book, We Need Diverse Books Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book YALSA Best YA Fiction for Young Adults "A fast-moving, gripping tale." -- SLJ , Starred
LC Classification Number
PZ7.B8827Wat 2016
Copyright Date
2016
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