Born: Established: 1979 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
AustLit
Details of Works Taught
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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Does My Head Look Big in This?
Randa Abdel-Fattah
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2005
Z1208243
2005
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 4 units)
'Welcome to my world. I'm Amal Abdel-Hakim, a seventeen-year-old Australian-Palestinian-Muslim still trying to come to grips with my various identity hyphens. 'It's hard enough being cool as a teenager when being one issue behind in the latest Cosmo is enough to disqualify you from the in-group. Try wearing a veil on your head and practising the bum's up position at lunchtime and you know you're in for a tough time at school. Luckily my friends support me, although they've got a few troubles of their own. Simone, blonde, gorgeous and overweight – she's got serious image issues, and Leila's really intelligent but her parents are more interested in her getting a marriage certificate than her high school certificate! 'And I thought I had problems...' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Contemporary Australian Children's Literature | Charles Darwin University | 2011 |
y
Does My Head Look Big in This?
Randa Abdel-Fattah
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2005
Z1208243
2005
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 4 units)
'Welcome to my world. I'm Amal Abdel-Hakim, a seventeen-year-old Australian-Palestinian-Muslim still trying to come to grips with my various identity hyphens. 'It's hard enough being cool as a teenager when being one issue behind in the latest Cosmo is enough to disqualify you from the in-group. Try wearing a veil on your head and practising the bum's up position at lunchtime and you know you're in for a tough time at school. Luckily my friends support me, although they've got a few troubles of their own. Simone, blonde, gorgeous and overweight – she's got serious image issues, and Leila's really intelligent but her parents are more interested in her getting a marriage certificate than her high school certificate! 'And I thought I had problems...' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Australian Film and Literature | University of South Australia | 2011 (Semester 2) |
y
Does My Head Look Big in This?
Randa Abdel-Fattah
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2005
Z1208243
2005
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 4 units)
'Welcome to my world. I'm Amal Abdel-Hakim, a seventeen-year-old Australian-Palestinian-Muslim still trying to come to grips with my various identity hyphens. 'It's hard enough being cool as a teenager when being one issue behind in the latest Cosmo is enough to disqualify you from the in-group. Try wearing a veil on your head and practising the bum's up position at lunchtime and you know you're in for a tough time at school. Luckily my friends support me, although they've got a few troubles of their own. Simone, blonde, gorgeous and overweight – she's got serious image issues, and Leila's really intelligent but her parents are more interested in her getting a marriage certificate than her high school certificate! 'And I thought I had problems...' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Australia Imagined: Identity and Diversity in Australian Film and Literature | University of South Australia | 2012 (Semester 2) |
y
Does My Head Look Big in This?
Randa Abdel-Fattah
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2005
Z1208243
2005
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 4 units)
'Welcome to my world. I'm Amal Abdel-Hakim, a seventeen-year-old Australian-Palestinian-Muslim still trying to come to grips with my various identity hyphens. 'It's hard enough being cool as a teenager when being one issue behind in the latest Cosmo is enough to disqualify you from the in-group. Try wearing a veil on your head and practising the bum's up position at lunchtime and you know you're in for a tough time at school. Luckily my friends support me, although they've got a few troubles of their own. Simone, blonde, gorgeous and overweight – she's got serious image issues, and Leila's really intelligent but her parents are more interested in her getting a marriage certificate than her high school certificate! 'And I thought I had problems...' Source: Publisher's blurb. |
Social Justice and Children's Literature | University of Wollongong | 2015 (Semester 2) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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Ten Things I Hate about Me
Randa Abdel-Fattah
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2006
Z1311393
2006
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 5 units)
There are a lot of things Jamie hates about her life: her dark hair, her dad's Stone Age Charter of Curfew Rights, her real name - Jamilah Towfeek. For the past three years Jamie has hidden her Lebanese background from everyone at school. It's only with her email friend John that she can really be herself. But now things are getting complicated: the most popular boy in school is interested in her, but there's no way he would be if he knew the truth. Then there's Timothy, the school loner, who for some reason Jamie just can't stop thinking about. As for John, he seems to have a pretty big secret of his own. (Source: Trove) |
Contemporary Australian Children's Literature | Charles Darwin University | 2013 |
y
Ten Things I Hate about Me
Randa Abdel-Fattah
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2006
Z1311393
2006
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 5 units)
There are a lot of things Jamie hates about her life: her dark hair, her dad's Stone Age Charter of Curfew Rights, her real name - Jamilah Towfeek. For the past three years Jamie has hidden her Lebanese background from everyone at school. It's only with her email friend John that she can really be herself. But now things are getting complicated: the most popular boy in school is interested in her, but there's no way he would be if he knew the truth. Then there's Timothy, the school loner, who for some reason Jamie just can't stop thinking about. As for John, he seems to have a pretty big secret of his own. (Source: Trove) |
Contemporary Australian Children's Literature | Charles Darwin University | 2012 |
y
Ten Things I Hate about Me
Randa Abdel-Fattah
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2006
Z1311393
2006
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 5 units)
There are a lot of things Jamie hates about her life: her dark hair, her dad's Stone Age Charter of Curfew Rights, her real name - Jamilah Towfeek. For the past three years Jamie has hidden her Lebanese background from everyone at school. It's only with her email friend John that she can really be herself. But now things are getting complicated: the most popular boy in school is interested in her, but there's no way he would be if he knew the truth. Then there's Timothy, the school loner, who for some reason Jamie just can't stop thinking about. As for John, he seems to have a pretty big secret of his own. (Source: Trove) |
Contemporary Australian Children's Literature | Macquarie University | 2014 (Semester 1) |
y
Ten Things I Hate about Me
Randa Abdel-Fattah
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2006
Z1311393
2006
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 5 units)
There are a lot of things Jamie hates about her life: her dark hair, her dad's Stone Age Charter of Curfew Rights, her real name - Jamilah Towfeek. For the past three years Jamie has hidden her Lebanese background from everyone at school. It's only with her email friend John that she can really be herself. But now things are getting complicated: the most popular boy in school is interested in her, but there's no way he would be if he knew the truth. Then there's Timothy, the school loner, who for some reason Jamie just can't stop thinking about. As for John, he seems to have a pretty big secret of his own. (Source: Trove) |
Contemporary Australian Children's Literature | Macquarie University | 2012 (Semester 1) |
y
Ten Things I Hate about Me
Randa Abdel-Fattah
,
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2006
Z1311393
2006
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 5 units)
There are a lot of things Jamie hates about her life: her dark hair, her dad's Stone Age Charter of Curfew Rights, her real name - Jamilah Towfeek. For the past three years Jamie has hidden her Lebanese background from everyone at school. It's only with her email friend John that she can really be herself. But now things are getting complicated: the most popular boy in school is interested in her, but there's no way he would be if he knew the truth. Then there's Timothy, the school loner, who for some reason Jamie just can't stop thinking about. As for John, he seems to have a pretty big secret of his own. (Source: Trove) |
Contemporary Australian Children's Literature | Macquarie University | 2015 (Semester 1) |