The weight of our sky
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Salaam Reads, [2019].
Status
Central - Teen Fiction
YF HANNA
1 available
YF HANNA
1 available
Westover - Teen Fiction
YF HANNA
1 available
YF HANNA
1 available
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Published
New York : Salaam Reads, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
ix, 277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
"Amidst the Chinese-Malay conflict in Kuala Lumpur in 1969, sixteen-year-old Melati must overcome prejudice, violence, and her own OCD to find her way back to her mother"--,Provided by publisher.
Description
Melati Ahmad looks like your typical movie-going, Beatles-obsessed sixteen-year-old. Unlike most other sixteen-year-olds though, Mel also believes that she harbors a djinn inside her, one who threatens her with horrific images of her mother's death unless she adheres to an elaborate ritual of counting and tapping to keep him satisfied. But there are things that Melati can't protect her mother from. On the evening of May 13th, 1969, racial tensions in her home city of Kuala Lumpur boil over. The Chinese and Malays are at war, and Mel and her mother become separated by a city in flames. With a 24-hour curfew in place and all lines of communication down, it will take the help of a Chinese boy named Vincent and all of the courage and grit in Melati's arsenal to overcome the violence on the streets, her own prejudices, and her djinn's surging power to make it back to the one person she can't risk losing. -- from Amazon.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Chinese -- Malaysia -- Juvenile fiction.
Ethnic relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Malays (Asian people) -- Juvenile fiction.
Mental illness -- Juvenile fiction.
Novels.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Juvenile fiction.
Race riots -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Ethnic relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Malays (Asian people) -- Juvenile fiction.
Mental illness -- Juvenile fiction.
Novels.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Juvenile fiction.
Race riots -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hanna Alkaf. (2019). The weight of our sky (First edition.). Salaam Reads.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hanna Alkaf. 2019. The Weight of Our Sky. Salaam Reads.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hanna Alkaf. The Weight of Our Sky Salaam Reads, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hanna Alkaf. The Weight of Our Sky First edition., Salaam Reads, 2019.
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