You Think You Know Me

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This will be upsetting for some readers. Hanan and her family are Somalian, their own beloved father not with them after his murder. So not only do we see the family trying to overcome prejudice and anger in the UK, we see an immigration story and that of a strong family unit with proud traditions. The author doesn't shy away from including phrases of their home language (though I wish I'd realised that there's a glossary at the end!), and you get a feel for their homeland and culture. I’m cut off again by more sirens. Not an ambulance this time but one, two…no, four police cars. I see bursts of red, white and blue through the bushes. They disappear in seconds, and we’re left with the quiet rumble of regular traffic once more.

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A part of me wants to laugh, to tell them that crayons are the least of their worries, that the reality of secondary school will blindside them soon enough – when their lives will intersect with those who say cruel and awful things for fun. But I know they’re still children and, for them, playground drama feels like the worst it’ll ever get.

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Oh, nothing’s more important than that, I reply with my most serious expression. A zombie apocalypse couldn’t even match the distress you must be feeling right now. Don't expect a comfortable read here, expect discomfort, some bubbling rage and frustration with processes and people. Expect heartache too, a longing and some hope on the horizon. I've been purposely vague in my thoughts because this is a read to experience for yourself. The character development in the novel was great in my opinion. I liked how Ayaan describes Hanan’s struggle as a refugee in London. Regardless of many threatening situations she doesn’t stop being a practical Muslim. Every character seemed very realistic to me but of course Hanan is my favorite character. I can personally relate with her character in some aspects. No, but, Hafsa, I did what you said…they, I didn’t mean, but, but…it didn’t— Sumaya’s head hangs low, the frilly tassels on her grey headscarf falling to whisper gently against her cheeks. I’m sorry, Hafsa. I didn’t get the crayons.

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We walk in comfortable silence for a few moments until we hit the busy middle of the high street. She juts her chin out at some boys ahead of us. Ugh, look at those idiots. I literally always see them messing about like this. Wonder what year they’re in. For so long Hanan has relied on staying quiet - but then her friend is murdered and not just one, but the entire Muslim community is 'obviously' to blame. PDF / EPUB File Name: You_Think_You_Know_Me_-_Ayaan_Mohamud.pdf, You_Think_You_Know_Me_-_Ayaan_Mohamud.epub Nasra looks at her with disdain and snorts. "Haven’t you heard? Love actually kills all. Look at what happened to Romeo and Juliet. Both too dumb in love to stay alive for it. And anyway, Lily, stop creeping on your best friend’s twin brother. You might as well claim you’re in love with this one, too, because they’re basically identical," she says, indicating me.And things got worse still when the class clown, Luke, decided he wanted to make me joke-of-the-week. He and his friends had followed Hussein and me at break one day and we hadn’t noticed until they were only a metre or two away. What follows is a real mediation on grief, adolescence, finding your voice, but also owning your individuality when living in a world of unjust stereotypes. Wether the experience is linked to religion or not, this book has so much to relate to or confirm when it comes to marginalisation and villianising of the innocent. As Hanan stops staying quiet, the world of possibility opens up.

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For fans of The Hate U Give, this is a powerful debut YA novel which confronts the issues of discrimination and Islamophobia within a school setting. So, I didn’t tell her that I got ninety-five per cent – the highest in the class – along with three of Ms Williams’s coveted smiley faces.You Think You Know me is targeted at the YA market, it’s been a long, long time since I fitted into this category!!! But don’t let that put you off it’s a powerful, heartbreaking and beautiful written piece of fiction. The book looks at what it’s like to be a young British muslim experiencing and dealing with islamaphobia. I pursed my lips but didn’t say anything. I knew if Andrea had been there, she definitely would’ve gone off on her. She’s never been the type to let anything go, especially when it comes to Jessica and her snarkiness. But me? No, no, no. I stayed silent. I always stayed silent. It was easier that way. Easier to let these little jabs slide off you, like water over glass, than let any of it get to you. Powerfully poignant and heart-wrenchingly honest, Ayaan Mohamed’s stunning debut tells the story of one courageous teenage girl, Hanan and her experiences of bigotry and Islamophobia she and soo many other Muslims face —both at her prestigious London grammar school and within the wider local community. It’s moments like this when I’m surprised at just how well Nasra’s adjusted to our group. She only started at Grafton Grammar last year for sixth form, but it feels like she’s been with us for ever. Isha gives her a side-eye as she draws out her favourite cherry blossom lip-gloss from her blazer, applying a generous amount. If she could have it her way, she’d be wearing full-face make-up every day for school, but she makes do with what she can get away with.

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I only wanted you to start standing up for yourself. Hafsa lets her hand drop, looking at her baby sister a little sternly now. Primary school’s a jungle. You can’t let people be mean to you all the time. As part of World Book Night, The Reading Agency will be gifting over 68,000 books to organisations across the country to give to people who don't regularly read for pleasure or with limited access to books. This year's 400 recipients include 89 arts organisations or charities, 47 hospitals or health centres, 39 prisons and young offender institutions. Senior commissioning editor Sarah Stewart acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, for the debut in a two-book deal with Clare Wallace at Darley Anderson. Shaparak Khorsandi said: "World Book Night is the best night of the year! I'm so excited to be joining the wonderful crew of ambassadors for such an important campaign, celebrating reading, books, readers, and how amazing all of the above are! During Reading Hour, everyone should be grabbing a good book and set some time aside to read, and from the reading list, I've got my eyes on Ayaan Mohamud's You Think You Know Me. So let's all join in the celebrations and get reading!"

It’s beautifully written and will most definitely have you sobbing and heartbroken for the hurt and pain that Hanan and her family endures, but also brilliantly highlights the warmth, love and vibrancy of Somali culture —and dispels all those negative media portrayals of what being Muslim and a refugee in modern day Britain is actually like. Yeah. I was a big reader growing up and everyone says this, but in the last couple of years, I realised how important representation is. It’s become a big topic in so many different spheres, including publishing, but it wasn’t something that occurred to me when I was younger. So, I wanted to write a book about a Muslim girl and personally, it was really important for her to be visibly Muslim. But wow! how well this is told. The author has grabbed Hanan’s point of view and made it your own, whatever colour, creed or leaning you are. It’s the most beautiful, warm, fierce, family-friendly (maybe not under tens) encounter you could ask for. And that’s with a schoolgirl who may have little in common with you. But that’s only on the surface. Underneath you discover that there’s no difference in our basic values and ambitions. Work hard, make friends, work towards the exams, make your family proud of you. I loved the concept of this book and I can really appreciate the messages it was putting across and what it tried to do, I just think it got so focused on trying to convey its messages that an actual story and character development got a bit lost in there somewhere. This is one of those books that breaks your soul apart and leaves it bleeding for the characters (and real world individuals) that suffer from the relentless harassment and hate crimes just because they look different and pray to a different god than those that are around them. I spent most of my time reading this book so incredibly angry at the bullying that was happening in this book, because nobody in this universe, even a fictional character, should be subjected to what Hanan and her community go through.