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Thank you to Netgalley and Little Brown Books for Young Readers for a digital ARC of this book.

While I enjoyed many aspects of this book and my attention was definitely kept. It was constantly shifting from one point of view to the next, almost too much. But to be clear this is for young readers, I'm not the target audience.

So the lack of a polished story or accurate court and lawyer representation isn't necessarily as important as the message that the author was trying to say.

It was an interesting read and I enjoyed the characters and the different ways they used their backgrounds, cultures to show how Muslims and Arab people are treated the West, which is a very relevant story to read and tell today and every day.

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Okay, this book was awesome. It was a really interesting look at how fabricated and fake the legal system can be, and how racism takes part in that, I really liked the little "plot twist" too.

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Six Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack in this timely and harrowing examination of America's justice system, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas and Samira Ahmed.

This is an incredibly important and timely novel. It handled its themes really well and I think everyone should read it.

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