# Tagging Freedom

**Author:** Rhonda Roumani
**Grade range:** Grades 6–8
**Page count:** 220
**Genre:** Juvenile Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781454950738`
**ISBN-10:** `1454950730`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/tagging-freedom
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Out of the revolutions across the Arab world comes this inspirational story of hope, freedom, and belonging, perfect for fans of Other Words for Home and A Good Kind of Trouble. Kareem Haddad of Damascus, Syria, never dreamed of becoming a graffiti artist. But when a group of boys from another town tag subversive slogans outside their school, and another boy is killed while in custody, Kareem and his friends are inspired to start secretly tag messages of freedom around their city. Meanwhile, in the United States, his cousin, Samira, has been trying to make her own mark. Anxious to fit in at school, she joins the Spirit Squad where her natural artistic ability attracts the attention of the popular leader. Then Kareem is sent to live with Sam’s family, and their worlds collide. As graffitied

## Where this book is assigned

### South Carolina Junior Book Award

- **recommended** · 6th grade · South Carolina — [source: South Carolina Junior Book Award (South Carolina Association of School Librarians) — 2025-26 nominee (grades 6-8), read + voted by South Carolina students; nominee list via studySC / SC State Library + SCASL](https://www.scasl.net/junior-book-award)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · South Carolina — [source: South Carolina Junior Book Award (South Carolina Association of School Librarians) — 2025-26 nominee (grades 6-8), read + voted by South Carolina students; nominee list via studySC / SC State Library + SCASL](https://www.scasl.net/junior-book-award)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · South Carolina — [source: South Carolina Junior Book Award (South Carolina Association of School Librarians) — 2025-26 nominee (grades 6-8), read + voted by South Carolina students; nominee list via studySC / SC State Library + SCASL](https://www.scasl.net/junior-book-award)

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