Drawing a Veil
By Lari Don and Emma Chinnery
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Highly readable, exciting books that take the struggle out of reading, Wired encourages and supports reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories for struggling and reluctant readers or those with English as an additional language aged 11+, at a manageable length (64 pages) and reading level (8+). Produced in association with reading experts at CatchUp, a charity which aims to address underachievement caused by literacy and numeracy difficulties.
Lari Don
Lari Don was born in Chile and spent most of her childhood traveling around South America. She is an award-winning author of children's books and short stories. Lari lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with her cats.
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Drawing a Veil - Lari Don
Drawing a Veil
Lari Don
This book is dedicated to every girl’s right
to make her own choices.
Contents
1 Staring at Amina
2 Do Best Friends Share Everything?
3 Mugshot
4 What Is Normal Anyway?
5 Musical Statues
6 Hard Questions
7 Driving Boys Wild
8 Running, Together
Chapter One
Staring at Amina
Some Year 10 boys were fighting at the end of the corridor but, for once, no-one was looking at them.
Everyone was looking at Amina.
"Why didn’t you tell me? Ellie whispered.
I’m your best friend!"
Amina shook her head. I didn’t want you to talk me out of it.
Mr MacIver opened the door to the Art Room. Come in quietly,
he said, but no one moved. Everyone was still looking at Amina’s scarf.
It wasn’t a striped school scarf. It wasn’t a woolly scarf like your gran might have knitted. It wasn’t a trendy glittery scarf from the shopping centre.
Amina was wearing a tight black headscarf. It was pinned around her head, covering her hair, her ears and her neck.
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