![]() ![]() 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, “stunning” ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut. ![]()
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