You Truly Assumed
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Diversity & Multicultural
3.9
Laila Sabreen
"You Truly Assumed is a beautiful portrayal of the multitude of ways to be Black and Muslim while navigating our contemporary world. A must-read for everyone."—Adiba Jaigirdar, author of The Henna Wars In this compelling and thought-provoking debut novel, after a terrorist attack rocks the country and anti-Islamic sentiment stirs, three Black Muslim girls create a space where they can shatter assumptions and share truths.Sabriya has her whole summer planned out in color-coded glory, but those plans go out the window after a terrorist attack near her home. When the terrorist is assumed to be Muslim and Islamophobia grows, Sabriya turns to her online journal for comfort. You Truly Assumed was never meant to be anything more than an outlet, but the blog goes viral as fellow Muslim teens around the country flock to it and find solace and a sense of community.Soon two more teens, Zakat and Farah, join Bri to run You Truly Assumed and the three quickly form a strong friendship. But as the blog’s popularity grows, so do the pushback and hateful comments. When one of them is threatened, the search to find out who is behind it all begins, and their friendship is put to the test when all three must decide whether to shut down the blog and lose what they’ve worked for…or take a stand and risk everything to make their voices heard.“I reached the ending with tears in my eyes—tears cued not by sadness but hope and elation.” —S. K. Ali, New York Times bestselling author of The Proudest Blue and Love from A to Z
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Author
Laila Sabreen
Pages
352
Publisher
Harlequin
Published Date
2022-02-08
ISBN
0369705653 9780369705655
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"Very uplifting to see two cultures represented and them being teenagers reminds me that I can stand up for my own cultures"
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Skye Bice
"4.5 <br/><br/>I really liked this and I’m glad I picked it up because I think reading about different experiences is really important (and something I need to do a bit more). It was a good short read that I could have knocked out in a day or two (except I was lazy and sick and doing schoolwork) but it was really good and a good viewpoint for me to understand more about being Muslim and black in America. There were a lot of lines in the book that I felt like even I understood even though I’m a white non-religious girl, and I think my favorite line of the book was “But if our being is politicized, does that mean everything that's an extension of ourselves is politicized too?” or “‘There's nothing wrong with anger. Wallow in it if you need to, and let it push us forward. I think anger can be converted to hope through action…’”. <br/>I really think this is an important book that touches on a lot of things and it should really be read by more people!!<br/><br/>CWs: Islamophobia, racism, hate crime, bullying, racial slurs"
Erin 💫
