This book was first published in 2005, but it’s still relevant and important, given the current political climate and rise in Islamophobic sentiment. Soon, junior year becomes the year for herself to struggle with and explore her identity and figure out how to remain true to herself and her principles in the face of social pressures to conform. On top of that, she’s developed a crush on a classmate. After making this decision, she must confront judgment and prejudice from classmates, neighbors, strangers, and more. My Summary: Amal, an Australian-Palestinian girl living in Melbourne, is about to start her junior year, and she has decided to start wearing the hijab full-time. You should try it out if you are considering wearing the hijab, or are already wearing it and you have doubts of any type, or if you need a light and fun read or if you just want something you can relate to as an hijabi.Note: I read this book as part of the #DiversityDecBingo reading challenge. You can find out more about it here. I’ve been fortunate about my reads these days. I enjoyed reading it, and it’s well over four shining stars rating as far as I’m concerned. I loved that the author was factual about virtually everything in the book, the characters, their ways of life and experiences. I loved the various characters in the book and how they were well-developed. It was fun to read, never boring really and a fast read. Another thing was her temper oh God, in fact one of my favorite parts was where Tia and her friend asked about her temper issues.
Amal was never boring, she always had something to do, to think about, to talk about.
The book updated my comeback cum sarcasm vocabulary list and made me laugh. It made the book more real and Amal’s experiences relatable. The first thing I noticed was how Amal wasn’t a miss two-goody shoes, I loved it, she made mistakes, in fact it took her time to realize that hijab isn’t just a piece of clothing you wear on the head, it goes waaaay beyond dressing and spans every area of your being. DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS? Went through the series of anxiety attacks and list of issues that every girl in hijab goes through every time, especially when they start. Her life changed when she made a decision to start wearing the hijab full time during a holiday, she had to consider several things before making her decision, if her school would accept it, if people would harass her in buses, if her future is still guaranteed despite the hijab and if her extended families and friends would accept or judge her. She attends a private high school, has two different sets of friends(two Muslims and two non-Muslims), a massive crush on one of the popular guys at school - a non-Muslim, of course enemies at school, and a grumpy old neighbor. Her mum’s a dentist and her dad’s a doctor. Amal is an Australian-Palestinian Muslim with really long surnames.
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