Love, Hate and Other Filters

By Samira Ahmed

A teen faces cultural divides and fear after a distant crime shatters her world.

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281 pages· 64,649 words· Est. 6 hour read

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Maya Aziz, an Indian-American Muslim teen, dreams of film school and love in New York, but her parents have other plans. When a distant crime ignites fear and bigotry in her community, Maya's world is upended. As tensions rise, she must navigate cultural expectations and her own desires to find where she truly belongs. Can Maya reconcile her dreams with her reality, or will she be forced to choose between them?

From the publisher

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this unforgettable debut novel, an Indian-American Muslim teen copes with Islamophobia, cultural divides among peers and parents, and a reality she can neither explain nor escape. Seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There’s the proper one her parents expect for their good Indian daughter: attending a college close to their suburban Chicago home and being paired off with an older Muslim boy her mom deems “suitable.” And then there is the world of her dreams: going to film school and living in New York City–and pursuing a boy she’s known from afar since grade school. But in the aftermath of a horrific crime perpetrated hundreds of miles away, her life is turned upside down. The community she’s known since birth becomes unrecognizable; neighbors and classmates are consumed with fear, bigotry, and hatred. Ultimately, Maya must find the strength within to determine where she truly belongs.

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