{"product_id":"9781534426092","title":"The Weight of Our Sky","description":"By: Alkaf, Hanna \u003cbr\u003e Format: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 27\/05\/21 \u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781534426092 \u003cbr\u003e Dimensions in mm: 140 x 210 x 24 \u003cbr\u003e Description: A music loving teen with OCD does everything she can to find her way back to her mother during the historic race riots in 1969 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in this heart-pounding, \"stunning\" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut.   Melati Ahmad looks like your typical movie-going, Beatles-obsessed sixteen-year-old. Unlike most other sixteen-year-olds though, Mel also 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.    A trip to the movies after school turns into a nightmare when the city erupts into violent race riots between the Chinese and the Malay. When gangsters come into the theater and hold movie-goers hostage, Mel, a Malay, is saved by a Chinese woman, but has to leave her best friend behind to die.    On their journey through town, Mel sees for herself the devastation caused by the riots. In her village, a neighbor tells her that her mother, a nurse, was called in to help with the many bodies piling up at the hospital. Mel must survive on her own, with the help of a few kind strangers, until she finds her mother. But the djinn in her mind threatens her ability to cope.","brand":"Scotia Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41926593216695,"sku":"9781534426092","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0570\/5629\/7143\/files\/9781534426092_4d2d5c12-81d4-48f9-b1d6-a357e4a9dba3.jpg?v=1757068529","url":"https:\/\/www.scotiabooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781534426092","provider":"scotia-books-online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}