Does My Head Look Big In This?
by Randa Abdel-Fattah
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Author: Randa Abdel-FattahEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-01
ISBN: 043992233X
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
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Book Review: A Positive, Real Life Experience
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoyed Abdel-Fattah's "Does my Head Look Big In This?" Amal is a fun, witty but serious and moral character. I enjoyed following her path to identity as a young teenager trying to find her place in the world. She is a real person with real problems, nothing is embellished or dramatized. The book is a fairly easy read except for some Australian slang that I couldn't pick up on.
This book would appeal to anyone who has struggles to have integrity and know their purpose in the world around them. This novel mainly appeals to young teenagers because the main character is a 16 year old girl in high school.
Randa Abdel-Fattah is Muslim and lives in Australia. She is a mother, wife and successful lawyer. This book gives people who have struggled through life experiences someone to connect to. At the same time it dispels misconceptions about the Muslim faith.
There is some swearing and mention of alcohol and drug usage. The book does not promote anyone to swear, drink, smoke or do drugs.
Summary of Does My Head Look Big In This?
When sixteen-year-old Amal decides to wear the hijab full-time, her entire world changes, all because of a piece of cloth...
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.
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.
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