About Marrying Ameera

Marrying Ameera is a thrilling read. Hilary Adams, Bookseller & Publisher August 2010. Don't miss the Kapunda Launch on 15th August with Sally Heinrich and Bollywood dancer, Rashmin.

Marrying Ameera launch in Kapunda

The launch of Marrying Ameera at the Salon Rouge gallery in Kapunda was a huge success. Reshman the acclaimed Bollywood dancer danced his way into the hearts

Sally Heinrich launches Marrying Ameera in Kapunda

Sally Heinrich even had henna patterns on her hands to launch Marrying Ameera

Awards

Marrying Ameera has been listed as a Notable Book by the Children's Book Council of Australia.

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Discussion Questions for bookclubs or classrooms

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Folktales in Marrying Ameera

The stories referred to in Marrying Ameera show us the power of love, how it can cross borders, like music.

Inside the Author

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Launch at Tabor Adelaide

Rosanne Hawke's new young adult novel Marrying Ameera was launched at Tabor Adelaide on 5th August by poet Dr Ioana Petrescu.

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Muzaffarabad was known to be a beautiful city but when we saw it after the earthquake it looked like a broken city.

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Research for Marrying Ameera

In 2006 I was visiting Pakistan on an Asialink Fellowship for research on an idea I had for another novel. My host school in Murree Northern Pakistan became a base to travel from and in between I worked in classrooms and did research in the comprehensive library on Pakistani culture and history, the Pathans, Gujjar nomads, as well as on societal customs such as weddings, folktales, crafts and religion.

Review by Trevor Hampel

If you read no other book this year, make sure you read this one. Put it on your MUST READ list.

Reviews

This book is written with an insightful eye and warm respect for both sides of the cultural line Ameera straddles, but as the race to save her from a forced marriage quickens, the tension is white-knuckled. Reviewed by Deborah Abela on ABC Canberra

Suspended donkey

When Ameera is on the train travelling to Karachi she sees a donkey cart with a load so heavy it has tipped backwards

Teacher Notes by Susan la Marca

What readers are saying about Marrying Ameera

Marrying Ameera was selected as one of the 5 top YA reads of 2010 in SAWeekend, The Advertiser, 18/12/10, p.26. Ameera thinks she is visiting family: her father is arranging something more permanent. Colourful Pakistani wedding customs and facts about forced marriage enrich a gripping contemporary adventure.

Bollywood dancer Reshman

Reshman and his troupe of dancers pose with Rosanne Hawke