Overview
Maya Aziz is divided between two futures: that which her parents expect of “a good Indian Muslim daughter” and that which she desires: to go to New York to study film, and learn to swim with a school friend she hopes to date. But while she fights between her parent’s and her desires, her world is shaken by a horrible act of terrorism. When a suicide bomber, who has the same last name, attacks a city in the United States, her life course is on the brink of being altered forever. The community she grew up in becomes unrecognizable: neighbors and classmates look at her with fear or hate. Maya must find inner strength to determine where she belongs.
Author Biography
Samira Ahmed received her BA and MAT from the University of Chicago and began to teach high school English in both Chicago and New York City. After, she worked in education non-profits, helping to create more than seventy small high schools in New York. Her book Love, Hate, & Other Filters was a New York Times bestseller. She lives in Chicago.