A review by thukpa
Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah

4.0

On so many levels this book is a peek into the life of someone different than you, and at the same time, very much the same. Amal is a teenage muslim girl in Australia who has decided to wear the hajib. You would think this makes her ultra-pious and straight-laced, but she talks about Survivor and Big Brother and crushing on guys just as much as she worries about her decision and its implications and the broader issues of terrorism. (It's set in the year or two after 9/11.) Very cool!