But the djinn in her mind threatens her ability to cope. The Weight of Our Sky User Review - Hanna Alkaf - Publishers Weekly In this intense historical drama set against the May 1969 race riots in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a 16-year-old Malay who. Her first young adult novel, THE WEIGHT OF OUR SKY, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2019. Hanna Alkaf is the author of The Weight of Our Sky, Queen of the Tiles, The Girl and The Ghost, and Hamra and the Jungle of Memories, as well as coeditor of the young adult anthology The Grimoire of Grave Fates. Hanna lives in Kuala Lumpur with her family. A girl battling mental illness searches for her mother during the historic race riots of 1969 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mel must survive on her own, with the help of a few kind strangers, until she finds her mother. Hanna Alkaf graduated with a degree in journalism from Northwestern University. 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.

On their journey through town, Mel sees for herself the devastation caused by the riots. 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. 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.Ī trip to the movies after school turns into a nightmare when the city erupts into violent race riots between the Chinese and the Malay. Melati Ahmad looks like your typical movie-going, Beatles-obsessed sixteen-year-old. 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 literary debut. 84 likes, 0 comments - Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (dbpmalaysia) on Instagram: 'Tahniah Hanna Alkaf Novel beliau yang bertajuk The Weight of Our Sky telah memenangi Freeman Bo.

The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf