Listen, Layla
by Abdel-Magied, Yassmin
Children's Africana Book Awards/HonorAfricaAustraliaMulticultural FamiliesBlack PeopleRelationship Skills
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AR Book Level
5.2
AR Points
7
Word Count
48,026
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
517791 EN
About this book
Layla can't wait to spend the holidays with friends. Her plans are interrupted when her grandmother in Sudan falls ill. She is torn between her Sudanese and Australian identities. Text has mild profanity and violence, racism, gender and religious bias.