News and views from the Fitting in
Aliisa recently finished processing a bunch of new books and a couple especially caught my eye. They are as different as can be in most respects, but they share the central theme of trying - or not trying - to fit in.
Randa Abdel-Fattah's first novel, Does My Head Look Big In This?, tells the story of Amal, an Australian-Palestinan girl who makes a conscious decision to wear the Muslim head scarf full-time, knowing it will set her apart. The cover alone makes me want to read it:
Top Ten: The Forty-Niners, by Alan Moore and Gene Ha, describes what happens to science heroes and others with extra-human powers after their talents are no longer needed for World War II. They are settling in the city of Neopolis, under construction as a home just for the likes of them, and face the same challenges other relocated groups have faced.
I don't know, I might kind of like having a couple of superheroes move in next door.
Randa Abdel-Fattah's first novel, Does My Head Look Big In This?, tells the story of Amal, an Australian-Palestinan girl who makes a conscious decision to wear the Muslim head scarf full-time, knowing it will set her apart. The cover alone makes me want to read it:
Top Ten: The Forty-Niners, by Alan Moore and Gene Ha, describes what happens to science heroes and others with extra-human powers after their talents are no longer needed for World War II. They are settling in the city of Neopolis, under construction as a home just for the likes of them, and face the same challenges other relocated groups have faced.
I don't know, I might kind of like having a couple of superheroes move in next door.
posted by franceylibrarian at 11:26 AM
1 Comments:
49ers was a good book. I think I like Top 10 (same universe, many years later) better, but this book did a good job at both making it the same world but giving it a very different field accurate to the very different part of the city's history. Thanks for pointing it out!
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