Book: Does My Head Look Big in This?

Title: Does My Head Look Big in This?
Author: Randa Abdel-Fattah
Published: 2005
Category: YA
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Pages: 360
Summary on Goodreads: When sixteen-year-old Amal decides to wear the hijab full-time, her entire world changes, all because of a piece of cloth...

Sixteen-year-old Amal makes the decision to start wearing the hijab full- time and everyone has a reaction. Her parents, her teachers, her friends, people on the street. But she stands by her decision to embrace her faith and all that it is, even if it does make her a little different from everyone else.

Can she handle the taunts of "towel head," the prejudice of her classmates, and still attract the cutest boy in school? Brilliantly funny and poignant, Randa Abdel-Fattah's debut novel will strike a chord in all teenage readers, no matter what their beliefs. 

Literary Accolades: Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee

Note, the author has written several other books as well, but this is probably her most well-known book.

Her other major works include: Ten Things I Hate About Me

Where the Streets Had No Name