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Borderline

by Allan Stratton (Goodreads Author)

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Chloe said: " The characters: In the book Borderline there is a small group of teen boys, Smai is the main character. He didn't even make friends until he got into high school. But his dad made him go to all boys schools because of what happened when he went to a The characters: In the book Borderline there is a small group of teen boys, Smai is the main character. He didn't even make friends until he got into high school. But his dad made him go to all boys schools because of what happened when he went to a public school. At the all boys school he was bullied every single day he went to school, all because he was Muslim. I personally really Sami, he has been through a lot with his dad he was given every reason to turn on him but instead he did everything he could do to save him.

Plot: The beginning of this book could have gone a little bit faster. I felt like the background information could have gone faster and was dragged on. It would have been better if there was more information on what each character looked like. The middle was really good, it was my favorite part. It was just the right place, it was interesting. The ending I did not like for everything that Sami and his family went through the ending should have been more realistic and not as relaxed and was extremely unrealistic. The ending is not what would happen in real life something else should have happened and not just Sami's dad got released and the government admitted that they were wrong. In real life, the government almost never admits that they were wrong especially when it involves an alleged terrorist. Also, the FBI was trying to find an alleged terrorist it extremely unrealistic to have a boy in high school find him before the FBI.

Writing Style/Language: The writing style was very easy to follow. While reading the book there were some Muslim religious words that you will have to look up so you know what is happening in the story. It was easy to follow. The author does a good job of not making it confusing in which characters thought are whos. It's not confusing you know what's happening. The author gives a lot of detail in the surrounding area. I wish that the author would have given more information on what each character would look like so us readers could make a picture in our heads.

Theme: The theme of borderline was social justice. The theme was extremely present. The main character Sami was bullied every single day that he went to school. He herd " Yo, sand monkey"(Stratton 47) by the rich boys that went to his school almost every time they passed each other. Sami was not the only one that was judged on the fact that he was Muslim, his dad was also. His dad was accused of being in a group that was planning to attack the United States because they were all Muslims. He was "Just packing family photos and mementos" (Stratton 270). He was planning on giving the pictures to his long lost son.

Compare/Contrast To Kill A Mocking Bird: Borderline and To Kill A Mocking Bird have a very similar theme of social justice. In To Kill A Mocking Bird Tom Robbinson was accused of raping a young white girl only on the fact that he was an African American male. In Borderline Sami's father was also accused of a crime that he didn't commit solely based on the fact that he was a Muslim meeting another Muslim. The other characters in both of the books are similar in the fact that they both wanted to help the man that was being accused of a crime that they didn't commit. The differences in the books are in To Kill A Mocking Bird Tom didn't get out the government didn't believe that he was innocent. In Borderline Sami's father was let out the government admitted that they were wrong unfortunately not everyone is that lucky.

Connection: One thing that I made a connection to was the main character Sami and his mother are very close. I am also very close to my mother. Also, there was a lot of crime that you see on crime shows. I really like watching crime shows reading what happened you see a lot of on crime shows. Another connection that I made was hanging out, talking with my friends. In the book, Sami hangs out with his friends all the time I try to do the same thing. I also talk to my friends all the time, in the book Sami is always talking or thinking about his friends. ...more "

Mar 08, 2020 11:38AM · see review