num_pages: 360
description: When sixteen-year-old Amal decides to wear the hijab full-time, her entire world changes, all because of a piece of cloth...Sixteen-year-old Amal makes the decision to start wearing the hijab full-time and everyone has a reaction. Her parents, her teachers, her friends, people on the street. But she stands by her decision to embrace her faith and all that it is, even if it does make her a little different from everyone else.Can she handle the taunts of "towel head," the prejudice of her classmates, and still attract the cutest boy in school? Brilliantly funny and poignant, Randa Abdel-Fattah's debut novel will strike a chord in all teenage readers, no matter what their beliefs.
language: English
title: Does My Head Look Big In This?
titlecomplete: Does My Head Look Big In This?
characters: Amal
genres: Realistic Fiction, Coming Of Age, Religion, Australia, Islam, Young Adult, Teen, Fiction, Contemporary, Muslims
ratings_count: 11788
places: Melbourne, Victoria
awards: awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA)
category: Older Children (ages 8-14)
publisher: Orchard Books