Ask Me No Questions (Reprint) (Paperback)

from breeankay

5Q, 3P Two teenage sisters must fend for themselves when their father is detained at the Canadian border for his lapsed visa. While older sister Aisha used to dream of going to a top tier college, now she fears they will all be deported to Bangladesh. Younger sister Nadira must find the strength ...

from Ctorm

4Q 3P After her father is arrested for expired Visa papers, dreamer Nadira tries to hold her family together. The 9/11 terrorist acts loom over the city she grew up in, creating a tense and sometimes hostile environment. The pressure to remain anonymous and secretive, weighs on the young girl, re...

from alovett

Budhos, Marina Tamar. Ask Me No Questions. 2006. 162 pp. $16.95. Simon Pulse. 978-1-42876-064-6. Ages 11 - 14. Fourteen-year-old Nadira and her family are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. Along with typical problems, like struggling with grades and competing with her successful sister, Nadira ...

from BooksByLinda

Nadira and Aisha, two sisters from Bangladesh, try to survive in New York City after their father is detained after having lived too long on an expired visa. This post 9/11 setting shows the struggles of Muslim immigrants who face extreme scrutiny in America.

from jeannie.tucker

4Q, 3P This book offers a perspective I'd never fully explored before. The story of this family was fascinating, and the writing was beautiful. I wonder, though, whether teens now would fully grasp the importance of the time in which this book is set. They might have been too young to remember a ...