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Guantanamo Boy
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Albert Whitman & Company 2011
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Innocent until proven guilty? Not here, you're not.

He's fifteen.

He's hasn't done anything wrong.

It was supposed to be just a trip to visit his mum's family in Pakistan. But for Khalid Ahmed, it was the beginning of a living nightmare. He's kidnapped—then taken to a place thousands of miles from his home in the UK. A place where torture and terror are the daily routine. A place he may never be allowed to leave...

A place called Guantanamo Bay.

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Street Date:
09/13/2011
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781453232408
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Level 5.5, 13 Points
Lexile measure:
900
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Anna Perera. (2011). Guantanamo Boy. Albert Whitman & Company.

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Anna Perera. 2011. Guantanamo Boy. Albert Whitman & Company.

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Anna Perera, Guantanamo Boy. Albert Whitman & Company, 2011.

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Anna Perera. Guantanamo Boy. Albert Whitman & Company, 2011.

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He's fifteen.

He's hasn't done anything wrong.

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A place called Guantanamo Bay.

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He's hasn't done anything wrong.

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A place called Guantanamo Bay.

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