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 "nappy head," the prejudice of her classmates, and still attract the cutest boy in school?.
year: 2007, 2005, 2006
call number/section: 1000
subjects: hijab (islamic clothing), juvenile fiction, muslims, australia, high schools, islam, customs and practices, clothing and dress, australia, juvenile fiction, fiction, fiction, schools, fiction, young women, fiction, audiobooks, muslim girls, melbourne (vic.), ethnic identity, school stories
Editions
Abdel-Fattah, Randa
Orchard Books (2007)
Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing her identity or sense of style.
Schools: 32
Abdel-Fattah, Randa
Scholastic (2005)
Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing her identity or sense of style.
Schools: 12
Abdel-Fattah, Randa
Findaway World (2006)
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 "nappy head," the prejudice of her classmates, and still attract the cutest boy in school?.
Schools: 0
Abdel-Fattah, Randa
Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing her identity or sense of style.
Schools: 3