β Scribed by Wray, John
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Inspired by the story of John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban," the Whiting Awardβwinning author John Wray explores the circumstances that could impel a young American to abandon identity and home to become an Islamist militant
Like many other eighteen-year-olds, Aden Sawyer is intently focused on a goal: escape from her hometown. Her plan will take her far from her mother's claustrophobic house, where the family photos have all been turned to face the wall, and from the influence of her domineering fatherβa professor of Islamic studiesβand his new wife.
Aden's dream, however, is worlds removed from conventional fantasies of teen rebellion: she is determined to travel to Peshawar, Pakistan, to study Islam at a madrassa. To do so, she takes on a new identity, disguising herself as a young man named Suleyman. Aden fully commits to this new life, even burning her passport to protect her secret. But once she is on the ground, she finds...
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