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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 You Must Be Layla
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'Layla's mind goes a million miles a minute, so does her mouth – unfortunately her better judgement can take a while to catch up! Although she believes she was justified for doing what she did, a suspension certainly isn't the way she would have wished to begin her time at her fancy new high school. Despite the setback, Layla's determined to show everyone that she does deserve her scholarship and sets her sights on winning a big invention competition. But where to begin?

'Looking outside and in, Layla will need to come to terms with who she is and who she wants to be if she has any chance of succeeding.

'Jam-packed with heart and humour You Must Be Layla by Yassmin Abdel-Magied reveals a powerful new voice in children’s writing. Touching on the migrant experience and exploring thought-provoking themes relevant to all teens, this book shows the strength required to be a Queen with a capital ‘Q’.'

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2019 .
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      Extent: 288p.p.
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      • Published 5 March 2019.

      ISBN: 9780143788515, 9781760891107, 9780143788522
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Puffin ,       2020 .
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      Extent: 304p.p.
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      • Published 6 February 2020.
      ISBN: 9780241440490, 0241440491
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y separately published work icon Listen, Layla Yassmin Abdel-Magied , Melbourne : Penguin , 2021 20156860 2021 single work children's fiction children's

'Layla has ended the school year on a high and can’t wait to spend the holidays hanging out with her friends and designing a prize-winning Grand Designs Tourismo invention. But Layla’s plans are interrupted when her grandmother in Sudan falls ill and the family rush to be with her.

'The last time Layla went to Sudan she was only a young child. Now she feels torn between her Sudanese and Australian identities. As political tensions in Sudan erupt, so too do tensions between Layla and her family. Layla is determined not to lose her place in the invention team, but will she go against her parents’ wishes? What would a Kandaka do?'

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You Must Be Layla Allison Paterson , 2019 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 34 no. 1 2019; (p. 12)
Yassmin Abdel-Magied Turns to Fiction to Process Public Backlash with Novel You Must Be Layla Alice Walker , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , April 2019;

'In 2017, Yassmin Abdel-Magied described herself as "the most publicly hated Muslim in Australia".'
Yassmin Abdel-Magied Turns to Fiction to Process Public Backlash with Novel You Must Be Layla Alice Walker , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , April 2019;

'In 2017, Yassmin Abdel-Magied described herself as "the most publicly hated Muslim in Australia".'
You Must Be Layla Allison Paterson , 2019 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 34 no. 1 2019; (p. 12)
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