Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Ten things i hate about me hardcover january 1, 2009 by randa abdelfattah author 4. Ten things i hate about me ebook by randa abdelfattah. I really enjoyed this book because in a way i could relate to it and i am 99. The novel ten things i hate about me is written in a first person response by the brilliant author randa abdelfattah. Click to read more about ten things i hate about me by randa abdelfattah. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors picks, and more. Read ten things i hate about me by randa abdelfattah available from rakuten kobo. The book, like many of abdelfattahs novels, covers topics pertaining to discrimination and racism towards musl. Randa abdelfattahs new novel about finding your place. Randa abdelfattah is an attorney, a writer, a chocoholic, and an active member in the interfaith community, as well as the campaign for palestinian human rights. In this story abdel fattah writes about being a tennager and growing up in ausralia. Kindle store go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store. Ten things i hate about me was awarded the 2008 kathleen mitchell award for excellence in young adult writing and was shortlisted for the 2008 redbridge book award.
The book was first released in australia on october 1, 2006 through pan macmillan australia. Ten things i hate about me by randa abdelfattah nook. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novels does my head look big in this. The author brings a welcome sense of humor to jamilahs insights about her. Ten things i hate about me is kind of similar to the lines we cross, and i really enjoyed it. Its the story of jamiejamilah at school, she fits in with her australian upper middle class peers, but at home, she fits into the cultural word of her lebanese family, including attending arabic school and obeying her fathers very strict rules. Ten things i hate about me by randa abdelfattah scholastic.
Although this is only the authors second novel it still has great meaning and an even better story behind it this novel looks at racial issues and discrimination against lebanesemuslims or other wise known as wogs and acknowledges the facts of reality. You go on a journey with your average teenage girl. Ten things i hate about me is a 2006 award winning young adult novel by australian author randa abdelfattah and her second work. Ten things i hate about me randa abdelfattah, author. Trade publishing international about scholastic customer service contact us. Book ten things i hate about me by randa abdelfattah. Out of the two books that i have read this quarter, i really liked ten things i hate about me by randa abdelfattah. Ten things i hate about me is the second book from randa abdel fattah. Buy a discounted paperback of ten things i hate about me online from australias leading online bookstore. Randa abdelfattah s new novel about about finding your place in. Randa abdelfattahs first novel, does my head look big in this. Booktopia has ten things i hate about me by randa abdelfattah. Ten things i hate about me is about jamie, a teenage girl from sydney in the south west that lives two lives. Her other book is calleddoes my head look big in this.