The Rise Up Trilogy
The Rise up trilogy is a YA coming-of-age story about Hashim, Alex and Maryam, three best friends on the threshold of adulthood. Before they can find their place in this world, they must come to terms with their past and learn to confide in each other as they are confronted by intolerance, ignorance, and corporate greed that threaten to rob them of their future.
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Episodes
46 episodes
Collusion (book three of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 1
As a powerful tropical storm is brewing in the Eastern Caribbean, Maryam, Alex and Hashim get a cold shoulder from the top climate scientists in Berkley in their pursuit to come up with a plan to fight climate change while a devastating forest ...
Collusion (book three of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 2
They continue their investigation by visiting a mining site in the Appalachian Mountains and Norfolk Naval station, the reception ranging from openly hostile to covertly dismissive.
Collusion (book three of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 3
Alex teases Hashim about his crush on Ahmed, and Maryam gets invited by Saisha Patel to meet her family.
Collusion (book three of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 4
As Hurricane Roxanne barrels up along the East Coast, Maryam, Hashim and Alex present their plan to tax carbon emissions and animal food products to the President’s advisory board.
Collusion (book three of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 5
Both boys struggle with inopportune feelings as the US Armed Forces get ready for the hurricane.
Collusion (book three of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 6
On the eve of Roxanne hitting the Norfolk Naval Base and mounting pressure in the Persian Gulf, the Joint Chief of Staff declares DEFCON 3, as Maryam, Hashim and Alex gather at Maryam’s apartment to face the onslaught of the hurricane.
Collusion (book three of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 7
After ravaging Norfolk, Roxanne hits New York with devastating force.
Collusion (book three of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 8
Maryam mourns the death of her mentor but finds solace in an unexpected place.
Collusion (book three of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 9
As Maryam, Alex and Hashim find a secret connection with a foreign power and the speaker of the Senate, their enemies close in.
Collusion (book three of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 10
As they become aware of the depth of the collusion, they get attacked by foreign killers and they only narrowly escape with their lives.
Collusion (book three of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 11
Exhausted, they realize they are on their own until they realize there’s still one man who they can trust.
Collusion (book three of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 13
At their moment of glory, Alex surprises them all and paves the way for the future.
Collusion (book three of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 12
Now the resolution is out of their hands and all they can do is to wait as they draw strength from each other and find ways to move forward with their personal lives.
Merry Farm (book two of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 1
Young immigrant worker is killed in an egg farm while Alex, Hashim and Maryam spend the last days in New York before leaving back home to Midwest to spend their summer vacation there.
Merry Farm (book two of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 2
Visiting Sandy Hook lighthouse with his best friends, Alex turns sad as it reminds him of the time when his mother was still alive while in the nearby egg farm, Merry Farm is working hard to cover up an outbreak.
Merry Farm (book two of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 3
After Alex tells them he’s not going to come back to New York after summer, Maryam gets a message through an animal rights group that something heinous is going on in a nearby egg farm.
Merry Farm (book two of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 4
Alex makes the connection of Merry Farm and his mother’s tragic death and decides to investigate further after witnessing strange things happening in the egg farm.
Merry Farm (book two of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 5
Maryam connects Alex with Chloe, an animal rights warrior, while Hashim faces rejection because of his sexual orientation.
Merry Farm (book two of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 6
Alex and Chloe break into the egg farm during the night and barely escape with their lives.
Merry Farm (book two of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 7
With Hashim’s help, Alex realizes that what he saw in the egg farm was an outbreak of bird flu but now Chloe has disappeared.
Merry Farm (book two of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 8
Hashim bravely decides to come out on social media while the bird flu spreads among the unsuspecting farm workers.
Episode is scheduled Merry Farm (book two of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 9
Alex becomes a fugitive of law as the break in is labeled as a bioterrorist act in the mainstream media.
Merry Farm (book two of the Rise Up Trilogy) Ep. 10
As the net tightens around Alex, the three of them decide to go hiding.
