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Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Omar has just moved into a new house with his family: sticky-fingered little brother Esa, snooty older sister Maryam and his scientist parents.
Going to a new school turns out to be okay, apart from the fact that class bully Daniel tells Omar that because he's a Muslim, he's going to be kicked out of the country and will have to go and live in Pakistan. Understandably worried, Omar asks his cousin if that's true, and both hope it isn't, because there's a distinct lack of good pizza there. Plus, there's mean Mrs Rogers next door who complains loudly about Omar's mum frying onions.
Yet when mean Mrs Rogers has an accident, Omar's family is there to help. And when Omar and bully Daniel get stranded on a school trip in London, Omar realises that Danny isn't so tough after all...
Previously published as The Muslims, which won the Little Rebels book prize in 2018, this newly illustrated and reworked version of Zanib Mian's hilarious, sweet story is an absolute delight.
Planet Omar has all of the everyday life family drama and silly humour of Tom Gates and Sam Wu, and it's wonderful to read a funny book for kids featuring a Muslim family.
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What you thought...
Average rating:
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idk, 25 January 2023
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i really enjoyed the first book but i am going to read the rest
calvin, 11 January 2022
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I love planey omar
Joey, 29 January 2021
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i loved the book 😀(●'◡'●)
umut, 07 May 2020
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I really like this book because it has my religion in it and i like when he goes to school with imagination dragon.
faiz, 25 December 2019
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I think that Planet Omar is the perfect series for fans of the Boy at the Back of the class and fans of the Tom Gates series.
Micah, 10 July 2019
i was alright