Randa Abdel-Fattah

Jane Austen's Emma

The Friendship Matchmaker (Jul-2012)

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  Does My Head Look Big In This?
  

  • May-2007
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  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 ...

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  Ten Things I Hate About Me
  

  • Jan-2009
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  "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...

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  Where the Streets Had a Name
  

  • Aug-2009
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  Thirteen-year-old Hayaat is on a mission. She believes a handful of soil from her grandmother's ancestral home in Jerusalem will save her beloved Sitti Zeynab's life. The only problem is the impenetrable wall that divides the West Bank, as well as th...

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  Noah's Law
  

  • Nov-2010
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  Sixteen-year-old Noah is a troublemaker. His father is a hotshot barrister.This is not a good combination.When Noah gets caught mucking up at school, his dad sends him to work at his aunt's law firm during the holidays to 'learn responsibility' and '...

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  The Friendship Matchmaker
  

  • Jul-2012
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  Jane Austen's Emma
  

  Lara Zany is known throughout the school yard as the Friendship Matchmaker-kids call on her expertise and follow her hard-and-fast rules to find best friendships. Lara's documented everything from friendship categories (the BOBF, or Bus Only Best Fri...

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  No Sex in the City
  

  • Jul-2013
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  It is a truth universally acknowledged . . . Esma is a modern Muslim woman with an age-old dilemma. She is well-educated, well-travelled and has excellent taste in music, but the hunt for Mr Right leads her to a number of Mr Wrongs. Together with wil...

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  The Friendship Matchmaker Goes Undercover
  

  • Aug-2013
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  Lara's friendship matchmaking days are over now that she has an Official Best Friend (OBF) in Tanya. But when when a new boy named Majur transfers to their grade and outplays Chris Martin, the school bully, on the soccer field, Chris's rule is sudden...

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  Jodie
  

  • Sep-2013
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  Best friends Jodie, Rania and Deyana can't believe what they have found in the school library - a mysterious book that writes itself, just for them. Jodie's life is difficult enough - her father is in a new relationship and she's trying to get used t...

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  Rania
  

  • Sep-2014
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  Rania drives herself too hard, takes on too much. School work, school captain, a huge art project - there's so much on her plate right now that it's starting to overwhelm her. The last thing she needs is competition from her favourite cousin - famili...

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  The Lines We Cross
  

  • May-2017
  • / Romance
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  Michael likes to hang out with his friends and play with the latest graphic design software. His parents drag him to rallies held by their anti-immigrant group, which rails against the tide of refugees flooding the country. And it all makes sense to ...

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  When Michael Met Mina
  

  • Sep-2021
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  Eleven Words for Love
  

  • Nov-2023
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  A lyrical narrative of a Palestinian family in exile explores universal bonds of family, loyalty, and friendship through the lens of eleven Arabic expressions for love. A family has fled their homeland in search of safety in another country, carrying...

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Award-Winning Books by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Where the Streets Had a Name
2011 Middle East Book Award -- Youth Literature