Guantanamo Boy by Mulalo

 Guantanamo Boy is a  Fiction genre

 Guantanamo Boy is story book that is aimed at presenting a life of 15-year-old boy by the name of Khalid who lived in Rochdale in England all his life.  The book is written by Anna Perera and it was published in 2009. The book itself explode some issues that he faced while he was growing up. The name Guantanamo Boy came as results of what Khalid experience when he was abducted and taken to Guantanamo Bay.

Khalid is a Muslim teenage who has interest in playing football and other games with his cousin. Khalid find himself having a crush on a girl at school, but he could not do anything about that. Khalid family planned to visit their home town during the school holidays which is Pakistan. Khalid did not know anything about Pakistan since he was born in England. Since he has to go to Pakistan he is going to experience a different lifestyle. Something terrifying happen as his father disappeared and he decided to go and look for him. This search was the one that put his life in danger as he was abducted/ kidnapped and he was taken to the CIA officials for in connection with terrorist bombing. During his abduction he was tortured and abused. He spent two years in the prison without any charge.

Guantanamo Bay

The games he uses to play with the cousin is the one that put him into big trouble as he was taken as a terrorist who is planning of bombing something. This shows that there is contradiction because what was his interest is the one that made him to end up in those cells. To him this was something terrifying because he did not know of any bombing activity as prescribed by his abductors. This was a long journey of life to him as he has to face all this demon by himself but finally he was released but by that time he was about 17-year-old young man. This means that when he comes back home he has a different mentality and how see things is total different to the rest of the family.

The book is representation of real life story of a children who was detained and tortured as well as being abused for something that he did not do. What happened to Khalid could happen to any Muslim child, so this book serves to open eyes for the future generations.