Here to Stay

Here to Stay

Authors

Sara Farizan

Publisher

Algonquin Young Readers

Publication Year

2018

ISBN

9781616207007

Pages

265 pages

Genre

Realism

Format

Novel

Item Type

Fiction

Annotation

When a cyberbully sends the entire high school a picture of basketball hero Bijan Majidi, photo-shopped to look like a terrorist, the school administration promises to find and punish the culprit, but Bijan just wants to pretend the incident never happened and move on.

Grade Level

6-8; 9-12

Lexile Measure

HL690L

Diversity Topics

Family Relationships; Culture/Ethnicity; Family member death; Single parent; Bicultural; single mother; death of father; bicultural child

Main Character

Male teenager

Race/Ethnicities

Arab American

Keywords

basketball; cyberbullying; high school; racial discrimination; prejudice

Diversity Impact

direct

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