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Khalid, a fifteen-year-old Muslim boy from Rochdale, is abducted from Pakistan while on holiday with his family. He is taken to Guantanamo Bay and held without charge, where his hopes and dreams are crushed under the cruellest of circumstances. An innocent denied his freedom at a time when Western boys are finding theirs, Khalid tries and fails to understand what's happening to him and cannot fail to be a changed young man.

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'A story that takes hold quickly and is told from the heart. Perera has a warm sympathetic style which makes it possible to keep reading when the going gets tough... Perera has the wisdom to see that this is a story that speaks - and protests - for itself' Observer

'It stands as an important work that deserves a wide audience - not only among teenagers, but anyone who cares about the big issues of our time' Guardian

'The argument is as well-balanced as the moral outrage is palpable' Financial Times

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