Love, Hate, and Other Filters
Publisher
Soho Teen
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781616958473
Pages
281 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Maya Aziz, seventeen, is caught between her India-born parents' world of college and marrying a suitable Muslim boy and her dream world of film school and dating her classmate, Phil, when a terrorist attack changes her life forever.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Culture/Ethnicity; Racial Diversity; Bicultural; Race discrimination; bicultural teenager; racism; prejudice
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
Indian American
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2017
Keywords
Islamophobia; terrorist attack; romance; college plans; parental expectations; photography; film; Chicago; bullying
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Ahmed, Samira, "Love, Hate, and Other Filters" (2018). Diverse Families. 1374.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1374