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Listen, Layla

by Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
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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?
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Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781761042812
  • File size: 150149 KB
  • Release date: February 2, 2021
  • Duration: 05:12:48

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781761042812
  • File size: 150165 KB
  • Release date: February 2, 2021
  • Duration: 05:14:49
  • Number of parts: 5

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Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature

Languages

English

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?
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Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature