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Accused: My Story of Injustice (I, Witness series)
Adama Bah
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Norton
ISBN: 978-1-324-01663-2
Keywords: Muslim Americans, 9/11, Detention Centers, immgration, #ownvoices
Bah, who was born in Guinea and grew up in New York City, didn't know she was not American until 9/11. Then suddenly she was falsely accused of being a suicide bomber.