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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Half My Luck
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'Layla Karimi has been cursed by the evil eye.

'Well, that's what Layla's superstitious grandmother tells her. And Layla reckons it makes sense as she's sort of Australian and sort of Lebanese: a 'halfie' who doesn't really fit into either world.

'And when all hell breaks loose at the first beach party of the summer, Layla finds herself caught between her friends and the Lebanese kids who call themselves 'the Cedar Army' (of which her cousin Sufia is the Queen Bee). One group has been wrongfully accused and Layla knows the truth that could help clear them.

'But will she speak up?' 

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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Notes

  • Number 48 on the Better Reading's 2022 Top 50 Kids Books

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2021 .
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      Extent: 272p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 28 July 2021.
      ISBN: 9781460760222 (pbk), 1460760220 (pbk), 9781460713617 (ebk), 1460713613 (ebk)

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Large print.

Awards

2020 winner Matilda Prize as 'The Truth about Luck'.
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