The Weight of Our Sky
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Publication Year
2019
ISBN
9781534426085
Pages
277 pages
Genre
historical
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
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.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
830L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Single parent; Family member death; Mental illness; single mother; death of a father; obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Chinese; Malay)
Family Formation
single mother
Keywords
Kuala Lumpur; 1969; Malaysia; race riots; survival; the Beatles; violence; rituals
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Alkaf, Hanna, "The Weight of Our Sky" (2019). Diverse Families. 1839.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1839