Listen, Layla, Yassmin Abdel-Magied
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Listen, Layla, Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Language
eng
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no index present
Intended audience
12+ years old
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Listen, Layla
Responsibility statement
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Summary
Exploring the diaspora experience, race, politics and identity, Listen, Layla by Yassmin Abdel-Magied is an own voices novel for young readers, which bursts with passion, humour and truth.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?
Target audience
adolescent
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