This is a brand new book just released this year. Although it is a piece of fiction, it is based on real events. Children have been detained in Guantanamo Bay and many other secret prisons around the world under the suspicion of being terrorists. They have been beaten and tortured until they have "confessed" to their crimes. Anna Perera raises awareness of this issue through this well-written book.
Khalid is just like any other ordinary British teenager, until his family decides to visit relatives in Pakistan. He is abducted and sent sent to Guantanamo Bay on trumped up charges of being involved with terrorism. The story follows how Khalid manages to survive this ordeal.
Very sad, emotionally-driven and andrenalin-packed, you will not want to put this book down until you know how the story ends.
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