I Am Thunder

'i Promised Myself This Time Would Be Different. I Would Stand Up For Myself.' Fifteen-year-old Muzna Saleem Is Used To Being Invisible. So No One Is More Surprised Than Her When Arif Malik, The Hottest Boy In School, Takes A Sudden Interest. But Arif Is Hiding A Terrible Secret And, As They Begin To Follow A Dark Path, Muzna Faces An Impossible Choice: Keep Quiet And Betray Her Beliefs, Or Speak Out And Betray Her Heart. I Am Thunder Is The Debut Novel From Stunning Ya Voice, Muhammad Khan, Which Questions How Far You'll Go To Stand Up For What You Believe. 'an Uplifting, Empowering Novel With Hope At Its Heart' Observer Children's Book Of The Week 'funny And Clever - A Perspective Long Overdue In British Fiction' Alex Wheatle, Guardian Prize-winning Author Of Crongton Knights 'this One Is Special . . . Punches Well Above The Weight Of Most Debuts' The Times 'this Assured, Hopeful Debut Feels Unprecedented And Essential' Guardian 'one Of The Most Distinctive Narrators I've Read In Ages.' Fiona Noble, Bookseller I Am Thunder is the Branford Boase Award-winning debut YA novel which questions how far you'll go to stand up for what you believe. Fifteen-year-old Muzna Saleem is used to being invisible. So no one is more surprised than her when Arif Malik, the hottest boy in school, takes a sudden interest. But Arif is hiding a terrible secret and, as they begin to follow a dark path, Muzna faces an impossible choice: keep quiet and betray her beliefs, or speak out and betray her heart. Muhammad Khan's stunning, multi-award winning YA writing gets right to the centre of what it means to be an urban teenager today. 'An uplifting, empowering novel with hope at its heart' Observer Children's Book of the Week ' Funny and clever - a perspective long overdue in British fiction' Alex Wheatle, author of Crongton Knights ' This one is special . . . punches well above the weight of most debuts' The Times 'This assured, hopeful debut feels unprecedented and essential' Guardian 'I promised myself this time would be different. I would stand up for myself.'Fifteen-year-old Muzna Saleem is used to being invisible. So no one is more surprised than her when Arif Malik, the hottest boy in school, takes a sudden interest.But Arif is hiding a terrible secret and, as they begin to follow a dark path, Muzna faces an impossible choice: keep quiet and betray her beliefs, or speak out and betray her heart.I Am Thunder is the debut novel from stunning YA voice, Muhammad Khan, which questions how far you'll go to stand up for what you believe.'An uplifting, empowering novel with hope at its heart' Observer Children's Book of the Week'Funny and clever - a perspective long overdue in British fiction' Alex Wheatle, Guardian prize-winning author of Crongton Knights'This fierce, fresh UK debut has one of the most distinctive narrators I've read in ages.' Fiona Noble, Bookseller Fifteen-year-old Muzna Saleem is passionate about writing and dreams of becoming a novelist. There's just one problem - her super-controlling parents have already planned her life out for her: Step 1) Get educated Step 2) Qualify as a doctor Step 3) Marry a cousin from Pakistan. Oh, and boyfriends are totally haram