Summary
Melati Ahmad 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. On the evening of May 13th, 1969, racial tensions in her home city of Kuala Lumpur boil... Full description
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Main Language
English
All
English
Edition
First edition.
Subjects
Obsessive-compulsive disorder > Young adult fiction.
Mental illness > Young adult fiction.
Race riots > Young adult fiction.
Malays (Asian people) > Young adult fiction.
Chinese > Malaysia > Young adult fiction.
Ethnic relations > Young adult fiction.
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) > History > 20th century > Young adult fiction.