{"product_id":"watched-9780553534214","title":"Watched","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary and timely novel, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book, examines what it's like to grow up under surveillance in America. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBe careful what you say and who you say it to. Anyone might be a watcher. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNaeem is a Bangledeshi teenager living in Queens who thinks he can charm his way through anything. But then mistakes catch up with him. So do the cops, who offer him an impossible choice: spy on his Muslim neighbors and report back to them on shady goings-on, or face a police record. Naeem wants to be a hero--a protector. He wants his parents to be proud of him. But as time goes on, the line between informing and entrapping blurs. Is he saving or betraying his community? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by actual surveillance practices in New York City and elsewhere, Marina Budhos's extraordinary and timely novel examines what it's like to grow up with Big Brother always watching\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Naeem's riveting story is as vivid and involving as today's headlines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWalter Dean Myers Award Honor Book, We Need Diverse Books\u003cbr\u003eAsian\/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book\u003cbr\u003eYALSA Best YA Fiction for Young Adults \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fast-moving, gripping tale.\" --\u003ci\u003eSLJ\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarina Budhos is the author of award-winning fiction and nonfiction. Her novels for young adults are \u003ci\u003eWatched, Tell Us We're Home, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAsk Me No Questions\u003c\/i\u003e. Her nonfiction books include \u003ci\u003eEyes of the World: Robert Capa \u0026amp; Gerda Taro \u0026amp; The Invention of Modern Photojournalism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRemix: Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSugar Changed the World\u003c\/i\u003e, which she co-wrote with her husband, Marc Aronson. Budhos has received an EMMA (Exceptional Merit Media Award), a Rona Jaffe Award for Women Writers, and two fellowships from the New Jersey Council on the Arts. She has been a Fulbright Scholar to India and is a professor of English at William Paterson University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rh Childrens Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51453957374226,"sku":"9780553534214","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b51cbf75-b704-440f-96ed-beba4b737e25.jpg?v=1751986769","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/watched-9780553534214","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}