Here to Stay

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A powerful YA novel about identity and prejudice. Entertainment Weekly Bijan Majidi is: Shy around girls Really into comics Decent at basketballBijan Majidi is not: A terrorist What happens when a kid who s flown under the radar for most of high school gets pulled off the bench to make the winning basket in a varsity playoff game? If his name is Bijan Majidi, life is suddenly high fives in the hallways and invitations to exclusive parties along with an anonymous photo sent by a school cyberbully that makes Bijan look like a terrorist. The administration says they ll find and punish the culprit. Bijan wants to pretend it never happened. He s not ashamed of his Middle Eastern heritage; he just doesn t want to be a poster child for Islamophobia. Lots of classmates rally around Bijan. Others make it clear they don t want him or anybody who looks like him at their school. But it s not always easy to tell your enemies from your friends.Here to Stay is a painfully honest, funny, authentic story about growing up, speaking out, and fighting prejudice.