Borderline (18 page)

Allan Stratton
is the author of the internationally acclaimed Michael L. Printz Honor Book
CHANDA'S SECRETS
. Its numerous citations include the Children's Africana Book Award, Best Book for Older Readers; ALA
Booklist
Editors' Choice; New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age; and a unanimous vote to the ALA Best Books for Young Adults list. Allan is also the author of the Junior Library Guild selection
CHANDA'S WARS
and the ALA Best Book for Young Adults
LESLIE'S JOURNAL
. He lives in Toronto with his partner, two cats, and a pond full of fish. You can visit him online at www.allanstratton.com.

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BORDERLINE
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Stratton, Allan.

Borderline / Allan Stratton.—1st ed.

p.  cm.

Summary: Despite the strained relationship between them, teenaged Sami Sabiri risks his life to uncover the truth when his father is implicated in a terrorist plot.

ISBN 978-0-06-145111-9 (trade bdg.)

ISBN 978-0-06-145112-6 (lib. bdg.)

[1. Fathers and sons—Fiction. 2. Identity—Fiction. 3. Prejudices—Fiction. 4. Friendship—Fiction. 5. Muslims—Fiction. 6. Terrorism—Fiction. 7. Iranian Americans—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.S9109Bor 2010        2009005241

[Fic]—dc22        CIP

AC

EPub Edition © January 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-199187-5

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