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She is also the author of the forthcoming middlegrade novel, where the streets had a name, published by scholastic press. Try wearing a veil on your head and practising the bums up position at lunchtime and you know youre in for a tough time at school. Based on the awardwinning young adult novel by randa abdel. Does my head look big in this by randa abdelfattah read. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Essay questions individual students choose an extended writing task that encourages an indepth understanding of narrative devices, plot issues and character concerns from the book. Im amal abdelhakim, a seventeen yearold australianpalestinianmuslim still trying to come to grips with my. Read does my head look big in this online, read in mobile or kindle. This paper undertakes a comparative analysis of three australian teenage novels melina marchettas looking for alibrandi 1992, randa abdelfattahs does my head look big in this. Click to read more about does my head look big in this. But being ready and living it are two different things, as i begin to discover the next day.
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