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    You're Not Proper

    By Tariq Mehmood

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    Karen thinks she's not really white. Her dad is Pakistani and her mother is white Christian, and she feels as if she doesn't fit in anywhere. So she's going to convert to Islam to find her true identity. But Shamshad, her Hijab-wearing schoolmate, isn't making things easy. As school battles are replaced by family troubles, name calling turns to physical confrontation, and cataclysmic secrets are unveiled.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHopeRoad
    Release dateAug 16, 2018
    ISBN9781908446725
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    You're Not Proper
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    Tariq Mehmood

    Tariq Mehmood is an award winning novelist and documentary film-maker. His first novel, Hand On the Sun (London: Penguin Books, 1983), dealt with the experience of the resistance to racism by young migrant to the UK of the 1970s and 1980s. His second novel, While There is Light (Manchester: Carcanet, 2003), was set against the backdrop of the case of the 'Bradford 12', where 12 young men who defended their community were charged with conspiracy offences. His young adult novel, You're Not Proper, a story of two girls struggling in a town seething with Islamophobia (London: Hope Road, 2015), won the Francis Lincoln Diverse Voices Children's Book Award. He is the co-director of the multiple award-winning documentary Injustice, a story about people who have died in British police custody. He is also co-director of other documentaries including Defeat of the Champions and Who Polices the Police. Tariq teaches at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon. He blogs at: https://tmehmood.wordpress.com Reviews and articles http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/sep/22/muslim-teenage-identity-tariq-mehmood?CMP=share_btn_tw http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-claire-chambers/book-review-tariq-mehmood_b_6978978.html Review http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=72495 Dunia Magazine INTERVIEW: http://www.duniamagazine.com/2015/02/award-winning-writer-film-maker-tariq-mehmood-talks-race-religion-new-book-youre-not-proper/ Hand On the Sun, Penguin, London, 1983 - out of print While There Is light, Comma, Manchester, 2003 - out of print https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/dec/27/featuresreviews.guardianreview10 Courageous Ali and the Heartless King, Satchel, 2006. Major film - Injustice - story of the families of those killed in British Police custody. http://www.theguardian.com/film/movie/88286/injustice Homepage of Injustice Film http://www.injusticefilm.co.uk

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