by Randa Abdel-Fattah · Marion Lloyd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780439943710
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«Ten Things I Hate About Me» is the young adult novel by Randa Abdel-Fattah, published by Marion Lloyd in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Jamilah, an Australian teenager of Lebanese origin, leads a double life: at school she is Jamie, a blonde girl who wants to fit in, and at home, Jamilah, a young Muslim who clashes with her father. Hiding her heritage, her father's rules and her passion for the darabuka exhausts her, until she decides to reconcile her identity and her culture.
«Ten Things I Hate About Me» was nominated in 2007 for the Australian Book Industry Award in the children's category and in 2009 for the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award as best young adult novel.
For young adult readers (reading interest ages 11 to 18), especially those seeking stories about identity, family and school life.
Randa Abdel-Fattah is an Australian sociologist, lawyer and writer. She is an advocate for human rights, particularly for Palestinian people. Much of her work focuses on identity and what it means to be Muslim in Australia. Her debut novel, Does My Head Look Big in This?, was published in 2005. Her 2025 novel, Discipline, came to public attention after Abdel-Fattah was disinvited from the 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week, leading to a boycott by most of the scheduled participants and the subsequent cancellation of the event.
