Zara Hossain Is Here

ISBN-10: 1338819623
ISBN-13: 9781338819625
Author: Khan, Sabina
Interest Level: 9-12
Publisher: Scholastic

Publication Date: June 2022

Copyright: 2021

Page Count: 256

Star Star Star Star Star


Paperback
$8.24
Quantity
Add to Wish List Icon Add to Cart
 

Interest Level

Grades 9-12

Reading Level

Lexile: 780L
Accelerated Reader Level: 5.0
Accelerated Reader Points: 10.0

BISAC Subjects

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Bullying *

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration *

Description
Zara's family has waited years for their visa process to be finalized so that they can officially become US citizens. But it only takes one moment for that dream to come crashing down around them. Seventeen-year-old Pakistani immigrant, Zara Hossain, has been leading a fairly typical life in Corpus Christi, Texas, since her family moved there for her father to work as a pediatrician. While dealing with the Islamophobia that she faces at school, Zara has to lay low, trying not to stir up any trouble and jeopardize their family's dependent visa status while they await their green card approval, which has been in process for almost nine years. But one day her tormentor, star football player Tyler Benson, takes things too far, leaving a threatening note in her locker, and gets suspended. As an act of revenge against her for speaking out, Tyler and his friends vandalize Zara's house with racist graffiti, leading to a violent crime that puts Zara's entire future at risk. Now she must pay the ultimate price and choose between fighting t
Find This And Other Titles Like It In The Following Collections… See All

New York City Mosaic Titles