'I hope readers take from it exactly what they need, whether it is just a story that entertains you for a couple of hours, or the idea that grief isn’t linear and that there is no right way to grieve, or just the idea of seeing a girl in a tudung on the cover,' says Hanna about her new book. Photos: Simon and Schuster/The Star/Filepic
After the race riots of her debut book, The Weight Of Our Sky, and the supernatural element of her second book, The Girl And The Ghost, Hanna Alkaf is back with another story, set in the world of competitive Scrabble.
In Queen Of The Tiles, it is character Najwa’s first competition since her best friend’s death. While she struggles to come to terms with Trina’s untimely passing, the other teens are scrambling to take over the now unoccupied Scrabble throne.
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