The Terrorist's Son: A Story of Choice
by Zak Ebrahim
Nonfiction · age 14+ · 1050L (~7th–8th grade) · 96 pages · 2014
Why we'd hand it over
Unflinching memoir that trusts middle-graders to grapple with moral complexity; Ebrahim's voice is direct and self-aware, not sanitized, and the arc—from indoctrination to independent choice—is the most honest coming-of-age story on identity and courage available for this age.