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Randa Abdel-Fattah
Biography
An Australian-born-Muslim-Palestinian-Egyptian, Randa Abdel-Fattah based her first novel, Does My Head Look Big in This? on her own experiences. The story is about an Australian Muslim teenage girl who decides to wear the hijab, or headscarf, full time and the cultural ramifications that follow. Randa, herself, was a teen when she decided to wear the hijab full-time. "I wrote Does My Head Look Big in This? because I wanted to allow readers to step into the world of an average Muslim teenage girl born in the West," says Randa. "I wanted to allow readers to identify with her experiences and journey, and realize she is not a walking headline or stereotype."
Randa Abdel-Fattah is a lawyer and lives in Sydney, Australia with her family.
Visit Randa online at http://www.randaabdelfattah.com
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Does My Head Look Big In This?
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Does My Head Look Big In This?
by Randa Abdel-Fattah
$8.99
Scholastic Summer Challenge Book Pick.
Sixteen-year-old Amal makes the decision to start wearing the hijab full-time and everyone has a reaction. Her parents, her teachers, her friends, people on the street. But she stands by her decision to embrace her faith and all that it is, even if it does make her a little different from everyone else.
Can she handle the taunts of "towel head," the prejudice of her classmates, and still attract the cutest boy in school? Brilliantly funny and poignant, Randa Abdel-Fattah's debut novel will strike a chord in all teenage readers, no matter what their beliefs.
books;paperback books;paperbacks | Ages 12 and Up
Ages 12 and Up $8.99
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Ten Things I Hate About Me
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Ten Things I Hate About Me
by Randa Abdel-Fattah
$16.99
Scholastic Summer Challenge Book Pick.
"At school I'm Aussie-blonde Jamie -- one of the crowd. At home I'm Muslim Jamilah -- driven mad by my Stone Age dad. I should win an Oscar for my acting skills. But I can't keep it up for much longer..."Jamie just wants to fit in. She doesn't want to be seen as a stereotypical Muslim girl, so she does everything possible to hide that part of herself. Even if it means pushing her friends away because she's afraid to let them know her dad forbids her from hanging out with boys or that she secretly loves to play the darabuka (Arabic drums). But when the cutest boy in school asks her out and her friends start to wonder about Jamie's life outside of school, her secrets threaten to explode. Can Jamie figure out how to be both Jamie and Jamilah before she loses everything?
books;hardcovers | Ages 9-12
Ages 9-12 $16.99
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