
Title
Good Muslim Boy
Author
Sami, Osamah
Publisher
Hardie Grant Egmont
Published Date
2015
Annotation
This memoir features Osamah, a 13-year-oldĀ refugee of the Iran-Iraq war. He is poor and in trouble with the police. He and his family immigrate to Australia where his father is a lead cleric in Melbourne. Osamah tries to be a good Muslim boy but the temptations of Australian society lead him astray from what is expected of him.
Key Concepts
Cross cultural relations, Family, Immigrants, Social life
Audience
Upper primary, Secondary
AC Links/EYLF
English, Geography, HASS, History, ACELA1500, ACELA1502, ACELT1608, ACELT1609, ACELT1610, ACELT1612, ACHASSK111, ACHASSK112, ACELA1515, ACELA1518, ACELT1613, ACELT1614, ACHASSK134, ACHASSK135, ACHASSK136, ACHASSK137, ACHASSK138, ACHASSK139, ACHASSK140, ACHASSK141