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Perfectly nice neighbors
Title:
Perfectly nice neighbors
Author:
Abdullah, Kia, 1982- author.
ISBN:
9780593713815
Uniform Title:
Those people next door
Physical Description:
340 pages ; 21 cm
Abstract:
"Salma Khatun is hopeful about Blenheim, the suburban development into which she, her husband, and their son have just moved. The Bangladeshi family needs a fresh start, and Blenheim feels like just the place. Soon after they move in, Salma spots her white neighbor, Tom Hutton, ripping out the anti-racist banner her son put in the front garden. Avoiding confrontation, Salma takes the banner inside and puts it in her window. But the next morning, she wakes up to find her window smeared with paint. When she does speak to Tom, battle lines are drawn between the two families. As racial and social tensions escalate and the stakes rise, it's clear that a reckoning is coming... And someone is going to get hurt"-- Provided by publisher.