Since emigrating from Bangladesh, fourteen-year-old Nadira and her family members have been residing in NEW YORK on expired visas, hoping to understand their imagine becoming legal US citizens. But after 9/11, everything changes. Suddenly getting Muslim means you are dangerous-a suspected terrorist. When Nadira’s father is arrested and detained in the US-Canadian border, Nadira and her old sister, Aisha, are informed to transport on as though everything is the same. The teachers at Flushing Large don’t request any questions, but Aisha falls apart. Nothing matters to her anymore-not also university. It’s up to Nadira to become the strong one and bring her family back again together again.