SuitabookIdentity and Muslim belonging
Aaliyah decides to wear a hijab to challenge assumptions that being Muslim means being dangerous; her mother’s earlier decision is also mentioned.
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A. M. Dassu - Author
This is a tense contemporary story about a Muslim teenager responding to terror, Islamophobia and school bullying. Its central interest is how identity, friendship and collective action can challenge prejudice without making the surrounding hostility feel trivial.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a tense contemporary story about a Muslim teenager responding to terror, Islamophobia and school bullying. Its central interest is how identity, friendship and collective action can challenge prejudice without making the surrounding hostility feel trivial.
Aaliyah decides to wear a hijab to challenge assumptions that being Muslim means being dangerous; her mother’s earlier decision is also mentioned.
Friends and classmates from different backgrounds share experiences and help Aaliyah and her friends take action against racism and xenophobia.
An explosion at a concert causes a stampede, and Aaliyah later feels anxious in crowds.
Expect frightening and emotionally serious material: an explosion, panicked escape, a terrorist attack, escalating harassment, school bullying, intimidation and an attack connected with prejudice. The book also includes anxiety after the events.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.