The weight of our sky

Resource Information

The work The weight of our sky represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library, Britannia Branch (Open with Limited Services). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The weight of our sky

Statement of responsibility

Hanna Alkaf

Creator

• Hanna Alkaf

Author

• Hanna Alkaf

Subject

• Ethnic relations -- Juvenile fiction
• Historical fiction
• Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
• Malays (Asian people) -- Juvenile fiction
• Mental illness -- Juvenile fiction
• Chinese -- Malaysia -- Juvenile fiction
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Juvenile fiction
• Race riots -- Juvenile fiction
• Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction
• Electronic books

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Historical fiction
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

• Amidst the Chinese-Malay conflict in Kuala Lumpur in 1969, sixteen-year-old Melati must overcome prejudice, violence, and her own OCD to find her way back to her mother
• Melati Ahmad believes that she harbors a djinn inside her, one who threatens her with horrific images of her mother's death unless she adheres to an elaborate ritual of counting and tapping to keep him satisfied. On the evening of May 13th, 1969, racial tensions in her home city of Kuala Lumpur boil over. The Chinese and Malays are at war, and Mel and her mother become separated. With the city in flames and a curfew in effect, it will take the help of a Chinese boy named Vincent and all of the courage and grit in Melati's arsenal to overcome the violence on the streets, her own prejudices, and her djinn's surging power, if she wants to make it back to the one person she can't risk losing

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 12 up

LC call number

PZ7.1.H36377

LC item number

Wei 2019

Literary form

novels

Target audience

adolescent