I read Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian. Out of Nowhere is about Tom, a senior in high school. He is on the school soccer team, has a popular girlfriend, and has lots of friends. He thought his life was perfect, but he thought wrong. In the fall of Tom’s senior year, kids from Somali started to swarm into his town. They took over the school. A Somali kid named Saeed started playing soccer with Tom. Tom ended up vandalizing the rival soccer team’s school, so he had to do one hundred hours of service. He started at a rec center in town. That’s where he met Myla, whom he ended up dating. Towards the end of the book, Saeed's sister, Samira gets a hug from Tom and everybody shames their family. Samira and Saeed left to be with family without
