Ten Things I Hate about MeRanda Abdel-Fattah's novel about about finding your place in life . . . and learning to accept yourself and your culture is now in paperback! "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). |
Contents
Section 1 | 14 |
Section 2 | 26 |
Section 3 | 29 |
Section 4 | 38 |
Section 5 | 42 |
Section 6 | 46 |
Section 7 | 50 |
Section 8 | 56 |
Section 18 | 133 |
Section 19 | 144 |
Section 20 | 150 |
Section 21 | 155 |
Section 22 | 157 |
Section 23 | 160 |
Section 24 | 169 |
Section 25 | 183 |
Section 9 | 68 |
Section 10 | 77 |
Section 11 | 83 |
Section 12 | 92 |
Section 13 | 98 |
Section 14 | 102 |
Section 15 | 110 |
Section 16 | 116 |
Section 17 | 125 |
Section 26 | 192 |
Section 27 | 208 |
Section 28 | 220 |
Section 29 | 249 |
Section 30 | 252 |
Section 31 | 280 |
Section 32 | 298 |
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