![]() Jamilah is a Lebanese Muslim, though for the past three years of her life she has hidden her true identity from her peers at school. The protagonist of the story is 16-year-old Jamilah Towfeek, who lives in Sydney's Western Suburbs. The book, like many of Abdel-Fattah's novels, covers topics pertaining to discrimination and racism towards Muslims and people of diverse ethnic backgrounds as well as various teenage topics. Ten Things I Hate About Me was awarded the 2008 Kathleen Mitchell Award for Excellence in Young Adult Writing and was shortlisted for the 2008 Redbridge Book Award. ![]() The book was first released in Australia on October 1, 2006, through Pan MacMillan Australia. Ten Things I Hate About Me is a 2006 award-winning young adult novel by Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah and her second work. ![]()
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