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Author Speckhard, Anne, author

Title Bride of ISIS : one young woman's path into homegrown terrorism / Anne Speckhard, Ph. D
Published McLean, VA : Advances Press, 2015

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 MELB  810.6 S7413 A6/B  AVAILABLE
Description 282 pages ; 24 cm
Summary "Based upon a composite of actual cases and inspired by the true story of Shannon Conley, an American teen from Denver, Colorado who converted to Islam, took the niqab, and who ultimately ended up in the clutches of ISIS, Bride of ISIS follows Sophie Lindsay--another "girl next-door" as she is seduced over the Internet"--Flap page 1 of dust jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279) and index
Notes "Bride of ISIS is a work of fiction inspired by real events. Except where endnotes indicate the events are based upon actual terrorist cases and real events involving public figures; the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this book are either the products of the author's imagination orr used in a fictitious manner. ... While Bride of ISIS was inspired by real cases (that are indicated throught with endnotes), this is not a biographical work of any real person or persons, and it is purely, one hundred percent fictional"--Title page verso
Subject IS (Organization) -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- United States -- Fiction.
Terrorists -- Recruiting -- United States -- Fiction.
Women terrorists -- Fiction.
Child terrorists -- Fiction.
SUBJECT Middle East -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090506 -- 21st century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
Genre/Form Fiction.
History.
Novels.
LC no. 2015902857
ISBN 9781935866626
1935866621