Detainee

Revolutions are built on hope.
A year has passed since the referendum that placed the names of 17-year-old Laila Amin and her parents on the ban list; five months since the Attorney General declared it legal to force citizens to relocate during wartime, based on the precedent of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II; and a month since the US President declared: “Muslims pose a threat to America…”
Against this backdrop, Laila, an American Muslim of Indian origin, was taken one evening with her parents to a detention center designated for American Muslims.
With the help of her new friends in the camp, her companion who remained outside, and valuable support from an unexpected ally, Laila begins a struggle for freedom, leading a revolution against the camp director and his guards.
Set in a fictionalized version of the United States, this novel, paced at a breathtakingly fast pace, is a call for hope and revival, a silent plea to cross over today to better societies. “The revolutions are built on hope. A year has passed since the referendum that led to the inclusion of Leila Amin, a seventeen-year-old American Muslim of Indian descent, and her parents in the list of banned names. It has been five months since the prosecutor affirmed the legality of forcibly changing citizens’ places of residence during times of war, based on the precedent of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. And one month since the US president declared, ‘Muslims pose a threat to America…’

Against this backdrop, Leila, the American Muslim, was taken one evening with her parents to a detention center designated for American Muslims. With the help of her new friends in the detention center, her companion who remained outside, and the unexpected support of an ally, Leila embarks on a journey of struggle for freedom, leading a revolution against the camp director and his guards.

This novel, set in a fictional version of the United States, unfolds at an exciting pace that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. It is an invitation to hope and to rise, and a silent call to cross towards better societies today.”