Bibliograph

Type

Label

Accused, my story of injustice, Adama Bah

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 9-12, Norton Young Readers

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Accused

Oclc number

1196175599

Responsibility statement

Adama Bah

Series statement

I, witness

Sub title

my story of injustice

Summary

"Launching a propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young woman shares her harrowing experience of being wrongly accused of terrorism. Adama Bah grew up in East Harlem after immigrating from Conakry, Guinea, and was deeply connected to her community and the people who lived there. But as a thirteen-year-old after the events of September 11, 2001, she began experiencing discrimination and dehumanization as prejudice toward Muslim people grew. Then, on March 24, 2005, FBI agents arrested Adama and her father. Falsely accused of being a potential suicide bomber, Adama spent weeks in a detention center being questioned under suspicion of terrorism. With sharp and engaging writing, Adama recounts the events surrounding her arrest and its impact on her life-the harassment, humiliation, and persecution she faced for crimes she didn't commit. Accused brings forward a crucial and unparalleled first-person perspective of American culture post-9/11 and the country's discrimination against Muslim Americans, and heralds the start of a new series of compelling narrative nonfiction by young people, for young people"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Unsheltered -- Taken -- Questioned -- Framed -- Violated -- Bargained -- Changed -- Freed

Target audience

juvenile

Classification