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The weight of our sky  Cover Image Book Book

The weight of our sky / Hanna Alkaf.

Hanna Alkaf, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781534426085 : HRD
  • ISBN: 1534426086 : HRD
  • ISBN: 9781534426085 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1534426086
  • Physical Description: ix, 277 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Salaam Reads, [2019]

Content descriptions

Summary, etc.:
"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.
Awards Note:
Nutmeg Award Nominee, Middle School (Teen), 2024.
Nutmeg Award Nominee, Middle School (Teen), 2024.
Subject: Obsessive-compulsive disorder > Fiction.
Mental illness > Fiction.
Race riots > Fiction.
Malays (Asian people) > Fiction.
Chinese > Malaysia > Fiction.
Ethnic relations > Fiction.
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre: Young adult fiction.

Available copies

  • 48 of 49 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon.

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Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon YA FIC ALKAF (Text) 33430152314225 Young Adult New Fiction Available -

Summary: "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"--

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