Summary Of The Novel 'Bifocal'

Deborah Ellis and Eric Walter’s young adult novel Bifocal, is about a Urban Canadian high school that becomes torn apart after suspicions of terrorism. This novel is uniquely written with two different point of views from two of the high school’s students. Readers are able to get to know Haroon, a Muslim student who is devoted to his school work and family. They also get to know Jay, a white catholic student, who is the star of the football team. One day during school hours, the school goes into a lockdown and the police arrest a Muslim student named Azeem, for suspicions of terrorist connections. The authors’ purpose in this novel is to show how relevant racism, discrimination, and stereotypes still are in schools today. This is especially