An ideal tool for teaching tolerance, the story of Does My Head Look Big in This raises three questions: What's it like to be a Muslim teenager in America today How do distortions about any faith gain so much power What are the emotional consequences for a teen forced to defend his or her faith Simple area staging. This coming-of-age play explores the complicated emotions and issues that American Muslims, and especially American Muslim teenagers, face. She faces the fallout of her decision with humor and intelligence. Amal is an American Muslim who had made the biggest decision of her life: to wear the Muslim head covering full time! She makes this decision based on her desire to properly practice her faith, in spite of parental warnings and the ostracizing and bullying that follow. This book title, Does My Head Look Big In This, ISBN: 9780439922333, by Randa Abdel-Fattah, published by Scholastic Inc.
Then one day, Amal surprises herself, her parents, her friends and school administrators when she shows up at school wearing a hijab headscarf. Funny and irreverent, Amal has a comeback for everything and everyone. She has a crush on a boy, dreams about her first kiss and loves shopping, Twitter and Facebook. This debut should speak to anyone who has felt like an outsider for any reason.High school is tough enough without throwing a hijab into the mix! Amal is a typical American suburban teenager at a typical American high school. Sixteen-year-old Amal makes the decision to start wearing the hijab full-time and everyone has a reaction. Shit, some male actors with big heads put a load of product in their hair that makes their heads look even bigger (along with their italian tight fitting suits.) But they arent tight fitting, they are taylored obviously. Abdel-Fattah's fine first novel offers a world of insight to post-9/11 readers." -KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred) "Using a winning mix of humor and sensitivity, Abdel-Fattah ably demonstrates that her heroine is, at heart, a teen like any other. " -PEOPLE "More than the usual story of the immigrant teen's conflict with her traditional parents, the funny, touching contemporary narrative will grab teens everywhere." -BOOKLIST (starred) "Determined to prove she's strong enough to 'wear a badge of my faith,' Amal faces ostracism and ridicule as she dons her hijab with both good humor and trepidation. This debut should speak to anyone who has felt like an outsider for any reason." -PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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